Tag: ocean waste

Uncategorized

Bottle Boy: Short film teaches the importance of not throwing waste in the oceans

Plastic Free Pledge, the Hove-based anti-plastics charity, is doing its bit to publicise the risk to the oceans with a short film, Bottle Boy. The two-minute film tells the story of a lonely nine-year-old who tries to find friends by throwing a message in a plastic bottle into the sea in Brighton. But when a council litter picker – played by Jason Flemyng – sees … Continue reading Bottle Boy: Short film teaches the importance of not throwing waste in the oceans

Life & Soul Magazine1 Comment
Eco-friendly products

Guppyfriend washing bag helping to stop micro waste by keeping microfibres out of the waterways

Synthetic textiles, which contain plastic fibres, are huge contributors to plastic waste in the oceans. And so with each wash of clothes and fabrics made from synthetic textiles – including polyester, nylon, and acrylic – countless plastic fibers, known as microfibres, from such textiles are making their way from washing machines into rivers and oceans. The Guppyfriend washing bag was created as a solution to keeping … Continue reading Guppyfriend washing bag helping to stop micro waste by keeping microfibres out of the waterways

Life & Soul MagazineLeave a comment
Uncategorized

VICE News documentary shows the huge effort to rid the oceans of plastic

The world dumps the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic into the ocean every minute, or eight million tonnes of plastic every year. It’s estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. In the documentary below, VICE News visited one of the most polluted beaches in the world, Kamilo Point in Hawaii, to explore how that plastic is … Continue reading VICE News documentary shows the huge effort to rid the oceans of plastic

Life & Soul MagazineLeave a comment
Uncategorized

4Ocean: Cleaning up the oceans “one bracelet, one pound” at a time

A humble mala-style bracelet, made from recycled glass beads and a cord made from recycled plastic water bottles, is helping to fund beach cleanups and to deploy sea captains to “fish” trash out of the ocean. 4Ocean is a global movement that allows anyone from anywhere in the world to join the team and help in ocean trash removal efforts. These cleanup operations are entirely financed by the sale … Continue reading 4Ocean: Cleaning up the oceans “one bracelet, one pound” at a time

Life & Soul MagazineLeave a comment
Arts

Ocean Sole: Animal sculptures made from discarded flip flops

Ocean Sole is turning flip-flop pollution into art and functional products to promote conservation of the planet’s oceans. The Kenya-based social enterprise, which was founded in 2007, has created a multitude of beautiful animal sculptures – including a giraffe, elephant, zebra, gorilla and warthog – from a colourful array of rubber. The fun and eye-catching sculptures, with their kaleidoscope of colours, range in size from … Continue reading Ocean Sole: Animal sculptures made from discarded flip flops

Life & Soul MagazineLeave a comment
Uncategorized

eXXpedition: All-women voyage highlights plastic in the ocean

eXXpedition, an all-women microplastic research expedition, completed a round trip of Britain in the Summer to raise awareness of ocean plastic and sample the water to see what damage is being done. The month long voyage aboard S/V Sea Dragon, which started in Plymouth on 8 August, sailed into the heart of all four of Britain’s capital cities, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and London, as well as to the Isle … Continue reading eXXpedition: All-women voyage highlights plastic in the ocean

Life & Soul Magazine1 Comment
Uncategorized

Trash Isles: Call for plastic waste patch to get country status so leaders acknowledge the problem

LADbible has launched a campaign to have an expanding heap of plastic waste the size of France, penned as the Trash Isles, recognised by the UN to get government officials and leaders to take notice of the problem. Every year, eight million tons of plastic are dumped in waterways and oceans, entangling marine wildlife and breaking down into tiny pieces that are ingested by animals and often … Continue reading Trash Isles: Call for plastic waste patch to get country status so leaders acknowledge the problem

Life & Soul MagazineLeave a comment
Uncategorized

Seabin: Floating trash can helps to tackle ocean waste

Australian surfers have created the Seabin, a floating trash can-like device that siphons and captures floating debris, to help tackle ocean waste. The floating trash can, which can be installed in marinas, ports and yacht clubs, filters litter from the water. It is designed for sheltered bodies of water, where pollution is rampant and winds and currents move debris around. The Seabin prototype, which has been fully funded on Indiegogo, … Continue reading Seabin: Floating trash can helps to tackle ocean waste

Life & Soul MagazineLeave a comment
Arts

Washed Up art exhibition explores the world’s relationship with plastic and ocean waste

Multimedia artist Alejandro Durán has collected ocean waste “washed up” onto the shores along Mexico’s Caribbean Coast and transformed it into environmental art installations. Known as Washed Up, the art installations and photography project sees Alejandro Durán working with the plastic waste to create colour-based, site-specific sculptures that reflect the infiltration of plastics into the natural environment. In some of the installations, Alejandro Durán has distributed the objects the … Continue reading Washed Up art exhibition explores the world’s relationship with plastic and ocean waste

Life & Soul Magazine1 Comment
Uncategorized

Strawless Ocean: #STOPSUCKING pledge to stop using plastic straws

Strawless Ocean’s #STOPSUCKING is a new campaign by Lonely Whale Foundation to encourage people to stop using plastic straws – most of which end up in the oceans, polluting the water and killing marine life. Through Strawless Ocean, the Lonely Whale Foundation is aiming to reduce the use of plastic straws, encouraging bars and restaurants to switch to sustainable plastic straw alternatives, like paper straws, and encouraging consumers to … Continue reading Strawless Ocean: #STOPSUCKING pledge to stop using plastic straws

Life & Soul MagazineLeave a comment