I talk about plastic pollution. A lot. But one thing I don’t often touch on is actually one of the biggest offenders — polystyrene, or as you probably know it, styrofoam. According to the Environmental Production Agency, styrofoam is the fifth largest source of hazardous waste in the United States. The production, use and disposal […]
By now you have probably heard about about the plastic pollution that is clogging our oceans. Some estimates put plastic use at 300 million tons per year, with only 8% of it getting recycled. , Americans alone discard more than 30 million tons of plastic a year. And Greenpeace estimates that the amount of plastic […]
Hey! Me again, talking about our ocean plastic problem. I know, I’ve said it over and over and over (and over and over) again. But, I think it’s worth saying again — we have a plastic problem. We use a lot of plastic in our lives — some estimates put plastic use at nearly 300 […]
If you’ve read my blog before you would know I love me some ocean. And you would also know that I have written about some of the pollution issues it’s facing…repeatedly. I’ve written about our plastic problem enough that you are probably ready to punch me in the face. So to save you a little […]