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Debunking Foodware Myths on America Recycles Day

Ocean Conservancy

For more than 35 years, Ocean Conservancy® has mobilized millions of volunteers through the International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC), removing more than 344 million pounds of trash from beaches and waterways around the globe. We need to take action to tackle the recyclability crisis on our shores. © Ocean Conservancy.

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Funding Ocean Farmers: Resiliency Grant Announcements

Washington Nature

Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC): New Paradigm for Highly Resilient and Eco-Friendly Oyster Farming · What: Testing the use of recycled carbon fiber cables made from wind-turbine and aerospace industry scrap to create a sustainable and economically viable farming material. · © Molly Bogeberg/TNC

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As Soon as Possible

Real Climate

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Soon and his various colleagues have been writing and recycling this same paper for almost two decades (how ecologically friendly!). If the land data was contaminated by urban heating effects, we wouldn’t see similar warming in the ocean. 27489-27492, 2000. 801-812, 2003. Rendiconti Lincei.

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Urban Ocean Summit Successfully Supports Cities

Ocean Conservancy

As our ocean connects us, so does the need for solutions to protect it. Ocean Conservancy research has shown that one of the main ways to reduce the flow of plastic to the ocean is by improving urban recycling and waste collection systems. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update.

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Setting Sail to Collect Ghost Gear in Maine

Ocean Conservancy

This is why I was so excited to have the opportunity to join Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative® (GGGI) and the Rozalia Project for a cleanup of ghost gear in Maine aboard their 60-foot sailing vessel, the American Promise. The post Setting Sail to Collect Ghost Gear in Maine appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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Protecting the Ocean Means Protecting Communities

Ocean Conservancy

But plastics present a much broader threat to our ocean, climate and marginalized coastal communities. More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean. Direct the EPA to not include harmful chemical recycling technologies in the national recycling strategy. They can’t be separated.

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Highlights from Ocean Conservancy’s Inaugural Shores Forward Summit

Ocean Conservancy

It’s been more than two years since Ocean Conservancy’s Florida Conservation Program launched Shores Forward , our flagship initiative to create positive change for our ocean across Florida. We now bring these successes to Tallahassee where we advocate and help craft legislation that protects our ocean.

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