Dolphins Fans, Rejoice: Hard Rock Stadium Cutting 2.8 Million Single-Use Plastic Items in Time for Super Bowl LIV
Ardent Dolphins fans may already have heard the big news: Hard Rock Stadium—home of the Miami Dolphins and Super Bowl LIV–is ditching single-use plastics in favor of more easily recyclable alternatives. That means some 2...
Dolphins Fans, Rejoice: Hard Rock Stadium Cutting 2.8 Million Single-Use Plastic Items in Time for Super Bowl LIV
As other people start getting ready for the holiday season, I’ve been focused on another one of the most wonderful times of the year: the Global Ghost Gear Initiative’s (GGGI) sixth Annual Meeting! This past weekend, GGG...
My Favorite Time of the Year: Reflections on the GGGI Annual Meeting
This past August I left the bustle of Washington, D.C., for Erie, Pennsylvania, where my husband took a teaching position at Penn State’s campus there. I was excited to experience life on the Great Lakes and, in some way...
Why We (Still) Need Recycling
The Ocean Cleanup (until now known for attempts at cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch) recently announced that they will expand their cleanups from the gyres to the coasts and upstream. Their newly unveiled “Int...
Whether up River or on Land, Ocean Cleanups Start with Us
Ingrid Giskes is the Director of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), where she works to tackle the most harmful form of marine debris in our ocean: lost and abandoned fishing gear. She has a background in internatio...
Dispatches on Ghost Gear from Our Ocean 2019
Last week I had the pleasure of leading Ocean Conservancy’s delegation to the 2019 Our Ocean Conference in Norway. We had a lot planned for the two-day event, and it felt like a whirlwind. I couldn’t be more proud of the...
Learning, Sharing, Acting for the Ocean in Oslo
When it comes to ocean plastics, there are a number of images we paint within our minds. From plastic bottles and straws to food wrappers and single-use grocery bags, most of us are well aware that an ever-growing flood...
Why Quitting Plastic Cutlery Helps Save our Ocean
This blog was written by Chelsea Rochman, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, co-founder of the University of Toronto Trash Team and Scientific Advisor to the Ocean Conservancy; and Susan Debreceni, the Out...
Cleaning up Our Hidden Shorelines
Plastic pollution is one of the most visible threats facing our ocean today. Every year, 8 million metric tons of plastic enter our ocean on top of the 150 million metric tons that are already there, posing significant t...
Unilever to Halve their Use of Virgin Plastic—and That’s a Big Step
On Saturday, September 21, volunteers around the world went out to their local beaches and waterways, rolled up their sleeves and took part in the 34th annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). While the results are st...