Ocean Crusaders have written a lot of about plastics on our website, and we have more than once highlighted the concept of the ocean gyres,… Read More »Update on Plastic Gyres (Garbage patches in the sea)
Listed by Guinness World Records in 2010 as the ‘Most Ubiquitous Consumer Item’, many people view plastic carryout bags as free but there are hidden… Read More »How much does it cost to clean up plastic bags?
Whilst the current whale season is one of the best I can remember, another creature is really struggling. The number of reports of stranded turtles… Read More »Turtles need our help
What do cigarettes and single-use plastics have in common? Most cigarettes have a single-use plastic filter — so smokers get a dose of petrochemicals along… Read More »Plastics lobby targets kids text books
As we know convenience items made of plastic are killing us. Tasmania has always been known as a state that the Greens dominate topics but… Read More »Tasmania moves to ban plastics
By Grant Jones, CEO, Nelson Environment Centre (OC NZ) As I write, the sun is shining and the view over Nelson from my office in… Read More »Plastic Not so Fantastic
I had an e-mail this week from a friend in France. She had just read about a turtle found with 350 pieces of plastic in… Read More »350 pieces of plastic in one turtle
Monday 4th July, 2011. I returned to the Whitsundays for two weeks work as there has been nothing happening in Sydney. On my second trip… Read More »Dead Green Sea turtle found
Imagine if you could drive your car using plastic bags. There would not be one plastic bag littering our environment. In fact you would find… Read More »Drive your car using plastic bags!