Greenville Tech Recycling and Sustainability Coalition

04/25/2022

Since 2003, National DNA Day has brought students, educators, and the general public together to celebrate the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of the double helix in 1953.

As we look to mark one of the seminal discoveries in life sciences, the research and education communities have also started to use DNA Day to reflect on how genetics and genomics impact society more broadly. From reframing how research is performed and who is included, to contemplating the ethical considerations of gene editing, DNA Day continues to give us an opportunity "to innovate, collaborate and discover the promise of our shared humanity and connection to the natural world."

Happy DNA Day!

02/14/2022

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220209154951.htm

A new study found concrete evidence that more than 85 percent of the grouper and snapper studied are overfished as a direct result of increasing human demand for seafood.

02/04/2022

Here's some great info on the direction that some entrepreneurs may be directing the recycling business! This is what we need in the world; creative new ways to think about the problem!

Scientists are looking for new ways to recycle plastic in an endless loop, so it never becomes waste. Now, revolutionary technology is advancing the movement.

10/27/2021

John Furnell showing 'grabber' technique!

10/26/2021

Thank you to all of the Hard-Working Volunteers this semester! You did an incredible job of ridding trash from the river.
Quick breakdown of the sweep:
• 2,963 pieces of litter were picked up with plastics and glass bottles/fragments comprising 86% of the total number (31% was plastics and 55% was glass).
• 75% of the plastic that was picked up was single-use plastics (food wrappers & film; retail plastic bags; non-retail plastic bags; styrofoam; plastic bottles; plastic caps & lids; plastic straws & wrappers; plastic utensils, cups, plates, etc.; and balloons). That percentage is probably higher because a number of the items that were put down as "Other Plastics" and some of the contents in the 6 full trash bags that were picked up would likely be considered single-use plastics.

Please consider downloading the South Carolina Aquarium Citizen Science app and use the Litter-Free Digital Journal to record any litter you pick up any time, any where in SC. You can provide valuable information regarding our targets to try and prevent more litter in the waterways.

10/26/2021

10/11/2021

Join us for the next Reedy River Sweep on Friday, Oct. 22 on Barton campus.
Bring friends and family and enjoy an appreciation hotdog lunch around noon.
Find our tent in the parking lot D next to the Allied Science building and Charter High School, off of Cleveland St.

01/08/2020

Perspective

The comparison puts the hellish fires scorching Australia into perspective.

10/21/2019

http://ow.ly/cTbZ50w9Adl

Join Forces To Ensure the Survival & Flourishing of Humanity You might not have heard

10/21/2019

http://ow.ly/n7W050wDNoP

Did you know only 90 companies account for two-thirds of the industrial CO2 (carbon dioxide)