Laundry Habits Can Impact Ocean Ecology
The way in which we laundry our clothes and linens can impact the amount of microplastics flowing into our oceans, according to a new study. Read this latest eye-opening study to demonstrate how behaviors at home can impact the environment.
Tips to Reduce Trash: Can you aim for a “zero waste” lifestyle?
The Zero Waste Lifestyle movement is taking place and is designed to conserve resources by reusing, repurposing and recycling our stuff. It’s easy to begin making a difference today and reduce the amount of trash we produce.
An End to Plastic Bags?
Americans dispose of more than 100 billion single-use plastic bags each year? Only about 1% of all single-use plastic bags are recycled. Join an online event January 21 to learn more on zero waste and efforts to halt the use of plastic bags.
No Easy Fix for Plastic Debris in Oceans
A recent study shows that surface clean-up technologies won’t get the job done. It may take individual effort to clean up our increasingly garbage-laden oceans. Ultimately, changing human behavior is at the core of the solution.
Storms Plus High Tides Equals Large Amounts of Trash at the Beach
When we experience storms and unusually high tides, the sea returns and deposits a large amount of trash onto the beach. Most of it is broken pieces of plastics - much of it is caught up in the seaweed. The trash is strewn along the entire beach.
Balloons Don’t Belong at the Beach
Report Details Marine Life Plastic Ingestion and Entanglement
Marine animals often mistake plastic for food or inadvertently swallow it while feeding or swimming. Once swallowed, it can obstruct their digestion or lacerate their intestines, interfering with their ability to feed and leading to starvation and death.
What footprint?
Check out approximate years it takes for common litter items found on the beach to biodegrade.
Returning to our beaches
The old adage “absence makes the heart grow fonder” could probably apply to the relationship between the residents of Amelia Island and their beaches. Soon, we’ll be reunited with our 13-miles of beautiful beaches, and the Beach Ambassadors will once again take up our cause.