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Today, we’re talking with Kirsten Midura, Head of Operations at Sea Hive, an organization dedicated to fighting plastic waste before it enters our oceans. Sea Hive works with companies to help them choose plastic-free packaging for their products, and also offers information and educational materials on the plastic pollution problem facing the world today.
Read more‘Tis the season for shopping and presents, stuffing our faces and traveling to far places! But have you ever thought about how all of that holiday cheer increases your Carbon Footprint? Between buying, wrapping, traveling, festive lights, decorative trees, and celebrating, the end of year holidays substantially increase the amount of waste and electricity we generate which in turn, substantially increases our Carbon Footprints.
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Thanksgiving is fast approaching in the United States and it’s time to think roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, family, football, food comas and over 293 million dollars of food waste
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In the 1730s, Johann Sebastian Bach wrote, “Without my morning coffee I’m just like a dried-up piece of roast goat.” Almost 300 years later, the world of the 21st century seems to feel the same, with an
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The sun is heating up, so it’s time to hit to beach! (I’d like to say “surf’s up!”, but it really doesn’t suit me). The beauty of the horizon, foamy waves crashing into the shore, the sand
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We’ve spent a little bit of time recently talking about plastic – the ugliness and danger of plastic waste in our oceans, and ways we can reduce our use of plastic. We all know that we need
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Every year 300 million tons of plastic is produced and only 9% of that actually gets recycled. The rest ends up in landfills or as pollution. One study found that 270,000 tons of plastic pollutes oceans worldwide
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