Once we decided to go after the plastic floating in the ocean, we needed to put a plan together. We initially assumed that people would jump at the idea of taking positive action to control plastic in the ocean. We’d seen research from the UN, European Union, the EPA, NOAA and ... Read More

In 2011, a tsunami struck Japan. In its aftermath a large amount of debris and trash were washed out into the Pacific Ocean. Over the next few months, concern about the nature, composition and possible negative impact of this wave of trash was splashed across the news. One news report carried ... Read More

While trash has serious impacts on marine wildlife and the environment in general, plastics and how they break down, or don’t break down, raise a specific set of concerns. In 2010, the US used about 90 billion pounds of plastic. During the same period of time, about 62 billion pounds of ... Read More

There are no current official estimates of the amount of trash dumped in the ocean every year, but a study conducted in 1975 by the National Academy of Science estimated that 14 billion pounds of trash went in every year. Much has changed in the World since 1975, most notably ... Read More