Litter such as plastic detergent bottles, crates, buoys, combs, and water bottles blanket Kanapou Bay, on the Island of Kaho’olawe in Hawaii. (Image credit: NOAA) Every year, humans produce more than 900 billion lbs of plastic, and that rate is…
Friday Smorgasbord: Ocean cleanup, wild wildlife and more
We knocked the dust off old Friday Smorgasbord and have rolled out a fresh edition featuring some interesting videos we’ve stumbled across this past week or so. In today’s installment we look at how we could tackle the plastic pollution…
Cora Ball Snags Microfibers And Keeps The Ocean Clean
Cora Ball The Cora Ball is an inventive approach to a growing plastic problem. Every time we wash our clothes, microscopic fibers get jostled free and end up down the drain. Synthetic materials like fleece, nylon, polyester, and chemical-covered non-plastics, accumulate in…
