ocean pollution

Sustainable Plastics 0

By Max There is a lot of concern about the growing plastic pollution problem, and rightly so.  Did you know? * Plastic bottles take hundred or thousands of years to begin biodegrading * 150 billion plastic beverage bottles are produced each year * 70-80% of plastic bottles are not recycled * 100 billion plastic bottles [...]

Plastic Ocean Soup 0

Let’s talk about something near and dear to our hearts…the ocean gyres. Just in case you haven’t heard of a gyre let me explain. A gyre is a swirling ocean vortex caused by winds and ocean currents, causing things that float to accumulate in these vortex areas.  The North pacific gyre is about the size of [...]