BLOG Plastics September 26, 2025

40 Years of Cleaner Beaches Powered by People and Community

Earlier this summer, my daughter and I walked along the shores of Sitka, Alaska, to pick up plastic pollution with 35 other volunteers. We scanned the beach together with a single goal: to make a place we care about clea...

BLOG PlasticsUncategorized September 26, 2025

40 Years of Cleaner Beaches Powered by People and Community

This blog was co-written with Hannah De Frond. Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups usi...

BLOG PlasticsUncategorized July 30, 2025

What is the Science Behind Plastic Pollution?

It’s one of the best weeks of the year: Shark Week. As our finned friends get a lot of extra attention this week, I am reflecting on my love of sharks and the threats they’re facing. In fact, before I was an ocean plasti...

BLOG PlasticsUncategorized July 24, 2025

How are Sharks Affected by Plastic Pollution?

This blog was written by Hannah De Frond. Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups using tr...

BLOG PlasticsUncategorized July 16, 2025

Do Beach Cleanups Really Work?

With Plastic Free July just around the corner, now is the perfect time to reflect on the progress we’ve seen across the United States in the fight against plastic pollution. While plastic pollution continues to flo...

BLOG Plastics June 27, 2025

U.S. Progress on Tackling Plastic Pollution

This blog was co-written by Dan Berkson and Hannah De Frond. Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local g...

BLOG Plastics March 6, 2025

Plastic Pollution’s Toll on Seabirds

This blog was written by Hannah De Frond. Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups using tr...

BLOG Plastics February 26, 2025

The Truth About Plastic Fragments

This blog was written by Hannah De Frond. Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups using tr...

BLOG ArcticPlasticsUncategorized January 15, 2025

Plastic Bottles & Lids Among Top 10 Most Commonly Found Items at Cleanups

This year, the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree traveled for more than three weeks across 4,000 miles from the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska for display on the Capitol’s West Lawn in Washington D.C. The 80-foot...

BLOG PlasticsScience December 20, 2024

Making Ornaments From Ocean Plastic in Alaska

We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tackle one of the biggest threats facing our ocean: plastic pollution. Next week the United Nations will host the fifth and final scheduled round of negotiations (INC-5) in Bus...