Where's My Trash?
Did you know many of the items we throw away every day end up in the ocean? Learn your ocean trash impact.
1 Minute, 1 Thing
One small thing you can do to make our vision of trash-free seas a reality. This month: Crack the recycling code.
Transforming Trash
Terracycle takes nonrecyclable materials and turns them into new products like pencil cases and lunchboxes.
Scientist at Sea: Tracking debris from Japan
In June, Ocean Conservancy ocean trash specialist Nicholas Mallos will join a research expedition along the projected path of debris that washed into the ocean when a tsunami tragically struck Japan last year.
From Tangled Threat to Tackle Boxes: Collecting and Recycling Fishing Line
Long after monofilament line's useful life is over, it poses dangers in the water. The "Reel In and Recycle" program at the BoatU.S. Foundation is bringing people together to work on a solution.
Project AWARE Foundation: Diving After Ocean Trash
Project AWARE Foundation has inspired divers around the world to remove old nets and every other kind of trash and debris from the ocean for 20 years, protecting wildlife along with ocean habitats. The foundation's goal is "Protecting our ocean planet—one dive at a time."
Crafters Give Single-Use Plastic Bags a Second Life as Yarn
A growing number of mostly female crafters have discovered that plastic grocery bags, the same kind that litter our landscape, can be put to humanitarian uses.
NOAA Marine Debris Program
The NOAA Marine Debris Program serves as a centralized marine debris capability within NOAA in order to coordinate, strengthen, and increase the visibility of marine debris issues and efforts within the agency, its partners, and the public.
