Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We’re on track to see plastic outweigh fish in our oceans by 2050. Boost recycled content : require new plastic products to include a significant amount of recycled material. This will create a healthy market for recycled plastic . If it is not recyclable it should be banned. We need a plan that won’t : 5.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It’s not hard to fall in love with the ocean in California. You can drive for 600+ miles with endless ocean vistas on the Pacific Coast Highway or wake up early in the morning to explore tidepools teaming with life. It’s not surprising that most Californians are concerned about plastics polluting the beaches and ocean they love.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 8, 2021

For decades we have witnessed plastic pollution flowing into our ocean. It has wreaked havoc on marine life by polluting the ocean and coastal habitats that are their home. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. To keep our ocean plastic-free, we need to incentivize reuse and recycling rather than waste.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 9, 2022

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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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Ocean Conservancy has compiled the data collected during this global volunteer effort on behalf of ocean health since the ICC’s start in 1986. Now, a new collaboration between Ocean Conservancy, PADI AWARE Foundation and scientists at CSIRO has resulted in the first global map of plastic hotspots. Never miss an update.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

It’s not hard to fall in love with the ocean in California. You can drive for 600+ miles with endless ocean vistas on the Pacific Coast Highway or wake up early in the morning to explore tidepools teaming with life. It’s not surprising that most Californians are concerned about plastics polluting the beaches and ocean they love.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Fossil fuel extraction not only ignites climate change, but degrades land and wildlife ecosystems, pollutes waterways, acidifies the oceans, exacerbates natural disasters, expropriates Indigenous land , and leads to devastating chronic health impacts for fossil fuel industry workers and adjacent communities. Source: Barsamuphe/Flickr.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Plastic foam foodware items are consistently among the most collected items from beaches and waterways during Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup ® (ICC), with volunteers collecting more than 8.7

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 4, 2022

It’s common knowledge that the oceans are filling up with plastic, but did you know that there is a higher concentration of plastic pollution in the Great Lakes than in the ocean garbage patches? TAKE ACTION: Tell the government to step up action on plastic pollution. single-serve packets for things like ketchup and shampoo.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

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 work with local governments to implement on-the-ground projects with local changemakers and partners. © Ocean Conservancy.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 26, 2022

This blog was written by Claudia Cecilia Olimón, the Latin America GGGI Project Coordinator Consultant for Ocean Conservancy. She has more than 12 years working in ocean conservation. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Holds a MSc. in Ecosystem Management, a BSc. in Social Communication and a tech.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2022

Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative® (GGGI) engages with international leadership as well as grassroots projects around the world to combat ghost gear—abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG). Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update. Enter Your Email.loading.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

My colleague Courtney Carmichael and I will represent Ocean Conservancy during these negotiating proceedings informing and advising negotiators and interested parties on policy for adoption in this agreement. What are Ocean Conservancy’s priorities for this agreement?

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 26, 2023

Want to learn more about ocean animals? Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. The post Declaring Independence From Single-Use Plastics appeared first on Ocean Conservancy. Sign up to receive our emails. Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. So far, 18 countries have joined the GGGI to contribute to a cleaner, safer and more resilient ocean. Martha Delgado, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Sherpa of Mexico before the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 13, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. There were many issues on the table, such as whether an agreement would be legally binding or voluntary and if it would address plastic production and design or be confined to improving waste management and recycling. There is no time to waste to tackle the ocean plastics crisis.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

Earlier this month, ocean leaders from governments, businesses and expert organizations around the world gathered for the seventh annual Our Ocean Conference in the island nation of Palau. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © Felipe Victoria(Ocean Conservancy). Stay current.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Signed by 50 organizations, the statement urges the government to move quickly with measures beyond the proposed ban of some single-use plastics. To end the crisis of plastic in our oceans, Canada must produce and use less single-use plastic, year-over-year. The full statement including the full list of signatories is available here.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Environmental Defence has partnered with more than 50 environmental groups to call on the federal government to end plastic pollution. We need the government to put its full attention, resources and regulatory power to work to reverse the crisis that is overwhelming the world’s oceans and natural habitats.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 12, 2021

Environmental groups urge government to proceed quickly with promised ban on non-essential single-use plastics. The Canadian government must do its part and stand up to companies that profit from pumping plastics into our environment. Toronto, Ont. The time to act is now.”.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 29, 2024

We have all seen that throw-away plastics clog and poison our oceans, rivers and cities. For decades, we have been told that the only way to fix this problem was to improve recycling. Unfortunately, evidence shows that recycling doesn’t work. So customers are choosing a new gas car instead. Which he did.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 18, 2022

The equivalent of at least one dump truck full of plastic waste is already dumped into the world’s oceans every minute. Burning plastic is *not* recycling. Despite the term being touted by industry (and even some governments ), “advanced recycling” could not be a less accurate description of what plastic burning really is.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 2, 2023

Single-use plastic items persist indefinitely in our marine environment, collecting in rivers, streams and ultimately the ocean, endangering and entangling wildlife along the way. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 8, 2021

These three companies are suing the federal government in an effort to stop the federal action plan to reduce plastic pollution. But the real issue is that there’s already too much plastic and the industry wants to prevent the government from doing anything about it. We know we can’t recycle our way out of this mess.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 13, 2021

The same plastic that becomes the take-out packaging and single-use items that clog up our landfills, natural areas and oceans. And if that’s not gross enough, Big Plastic is also suing the federal government to try to prevent regulations to reduce plastic pollution that is harming the environment and threatening human health.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This type of plastic is non-recyclable and often contains toxic chemicals. Glitter is a lung and skin irritant; it’s not recyclable and so tiny that it can’t be filtered out when it gets washed down the drain. It ends up in our oceans and lakes and has detrimental effects on plankton, fish, birds, and the whole food chain. .

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Onya

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Sadly, much of it has ended up in the oceans with an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year. Pete Shmigel, CEO of the Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR), said that an unprecedented amount of soft plastics have contaminated the curbside recycling bin since the pandemic has started 7.

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A Greener Life

JULY 1, 2021

A total contribution of $8 million has been provided across all three levels of government to transform the eastern side of The Spit and add to the Gold Coast’s biodiversity offering. The project involves the restoration of 37 hectares of littoral rainforest within the Federation Walk Coastal Reserve at The Spit, Main Beach.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 15, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. These are the kinds of questions asked by the Circularity Assessment Protocol (CAP) , a process developed by Dr. Jenna Jambeck and her team at the University of Georgia (UGA)’s Circularity Informatics Lab and which Ocean Conservancy is implementing with partners in cities around the world.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2024

Pennsylvania’s Coastal Resources Management Program (CRMP) receives an annual grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A portion of this award is used to fund eligible projects that address CRMP priorities.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2022

It also asks the Court to prohibit the Canadian government from using CEPA to regulate single-use plastics and to prevent implementation of the ban in the meantime. The federal government is standing on solid ground with the single-use plastic bans. Recycling addresses a measly eight per cent of our country’s plastic waste.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Pick Up Pennsylvania is coordinated by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and sponsored by DEP, PennDOT, and the Ocean Conservancy International Coastal Zone Cleanup. Individuals, families, neighbors, students, civic organizations and local governments are all invited to participate. 15 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 11, 2022

As we explained in Part 1 of this Plastic Free July series, the Great Lakes have a higher concentration of plastic pollution than the ocean garbage patches. This dangerous form of plastic pollution requires urgent action from industry and government. Even if it happens to get recycled! . But don’t despair … there are solutions!

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

And of course you should not expect governments gathered at COP26 to focus on adaptation because that’s explicitly not on the agenda. I know when we did our work in China on water and energy, we caught the attention of the Chinese government and the US government because it became (clear that water was) a national security threat.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

OTTAWA | Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Environmental groups are jumping into the legal fray to support the federal government as it fends off an industry-led lawsuit challenging its efforts to regulate plastic pollution. Industry opposition to regulating plastics is out of step with science and public opinion.

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