Florida Microplastic Awareness Project

06/14/2023

Sign up to take the challenge on our website and receive our handy 𝟑𝟏 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 calendar 📅 in your welcome email.

Thanks for joining millions of people around the world 🌏 taking part to beat plastic pollution.

➡️ https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/take-the-challenge/

10/13/2022

Congratulations to Jenna R Jambeck on being named one of the 2022 MacArthur Fellows!

Investigating the scale and pathways of plastic pollution and galvanizing efforts to address plastic waste.

05/13/2022

This is an awesome student project from University of Georgia and GA Sea Grant...

How much do you know about where your trash ends up? This short documentary will follow scientists, marine educators, and more as we travel between Athens an...

05/12/2022

Yesterday's news was that a s***m whale had stranded in South Florida. Today's news reveals the probable cause of death--marine debris :(

03/30/2022

It's great to see groups looking for innovative biodegradable alternatives for traditional plastics--here's hoping they are successful!

Winners will be announced in 2023.

03/26/2022

While this seems like a wonderful way to remove marine debris (including many microplastics), mechanical beach cleaning can have many unintended (and undesirable) consequences including removal of organic material (nutrient and seed sources for beach plants that help retain/accumulate dunes) and removal of small buried insects, crabs and other animals that are a food source for resident and migrating birds.

BeBot is the first eco-friendly beach robot.

03/17/2022

It will be interesting to see if/when new fabrics come out as a result of this:

These five winners each share a revolutionary potential to protect planetary health and stop the harm from microplastic pollution on ecosystems and human health.

11/29/2021

Hopefully other companies will follow IKEA's example...

As part of the company’s goal to become fully circular, it needs to work to eliminate the 10% of its packaging that still uses plastic.

09/30/2021

Many efforts are underway to find ways to manage plastics and prevent them from ending up in the environment. These range from research into plastic-eating bacteria to chemically engineering plastics to decay more quickly.

09/27/2021

Don't be a victim of "greenwashing." This document will help you better understand the limitations of bioplastics and the misleading labeling that is often on their packaging. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/FR/FR41800.pdf.