Young artists get creative to help keep beaches clean
A community arts collaboration between the Town of Nags Head, NC and High School students the OBCan project, is in its sixth year. New galvanized steel trash cans festooned with the students’ creative artwork are being placed at several public beach accesses along 11 miles of oceanfront. Vibrantly-colored designs draw beach with the expectation that trash will more likely find its way into the containers if they are eye-catching.
How Lasers Can Help Clean Up Beach Trash
New 3-D modeling technology has the power to scan coastlines for garbage much faster than humans can.
60% of Loggerhead Turtles Stranded on Beaches in South Africa Had Ingested Plastic
Researchers have found that 60 percent of post-hatchling loggerhead turtles stranded on southern Cape beaches in South Africa have been impacted by growing quantities of human-caused debris such as plastic fragments, packaging and fibers.
Plastic ‘tsunami’ trashes Hong Kong beaches
A deluge of garbage is overwhelming Hong Kong beaches. In what some refer to as a trash ‘tsunami,’ Hong Kong beaches have seen an estimated six to 10 times the usual amount of trash recently. And most of that garbage is plastic that won’t easily decompose.
Stunning Plastic Bag Landscapes Will Make You Think Twice About Tossing Your Trash
Photographer Vilde Rolfsen thinks political art is more important than ever. Vilde Rolfsen’s photos ― which resemble aerial shots of mountain ranges ― aren’t showing nature at all. Just the opposite: Her series “Plastic Bag Landscapes” catalogs waste that she found in the street.
Toxic Algal Blooms Aren’t Just Florida’s Problem. And They’re On The Rise.
Pollution from agriculture and climate change is closing beaches and contributing to dead zones across the country.
Super bacteria’ discovered in Rio’s waters
A group of Brazilian scientists have detected a drug-resistant bacteria growing off of some of Rio de Janeiro’s most stunning beaches.
Toxic algae bloom blankets Florida beaches, prompts state of emergency; Florida
Gov. Rick Scott, declared a state of emergency midweek in Martin, St. Lucie, Lee and Palm Beach counties because of the toxic algae bloom that originated in Lake Okeechobee and spread to the beaches.
France bans plastic bags, what about the rest of the EU?
Plastic bags will be banned in France from July 1. The ban on plastic bags will come into effect in two stages: on July 1, 2016 for “lightweight” shopping bags and January 1, 2017 for packaging bags for fruit and vegetables.