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.
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.
What footprint?
Check out approximate years it takes for common litter items found on the beach to biodegrade.