E.P.I.C. | Plastic Pollution Emergency Response™
E.P.I.C. | Plastic Pollution Emergency Response™
News coverage, press releases and media resources for Ocean Legacy Foundation, Legacy Plastic™, EPIC Academy™ and the Ocean Plastic Depots.
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As featured inCBC News: Sunshine Coast marine plastics recycling site first of its kind in B.C. (opens in a new tab)The Globe and Mail: Pitching in: Cleaning up the ocean to preserve nature in B.C. (opens in a new tab)CTV News: B.C. non-profit develops 1st-in-Canada plastic by repurposing ocean waste (opens in a new tab)Global News: With a million recyclable bottles 'lost' daily in B.C., would higher deposits help? (opens in a new tab)Smithsonian Magazine: Turning Ocean Garbage Into Gold (opens in a new tab)The Tyee: A Second Life for Pacific-Clogging Plastics (opens in a new tab)Canada's National Observer: Coastal cleanup groups worry federal funding cuts will sink efforts to tackle ocean plastics (opens in a new tab)Hakai Magazine: The Big Sort (opens in a new tab)Al Jazeera: Turning the tide on plastic: Creation and art from waste (opens in a new tab)Vancouver Sun: New Richmond facility recycles plastic debris found in ocean (opens in a new tab)Men's Journal: Meet the Couple That's Aiming to End Ocean Pollution (opens in a new tab)
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Podcast interview with Chloé Dubois about Ocean Legacy's mission, depots as education hubs and choosing partnerships.
News coverageWritten feature on Chloé Dubois and Ocean Legacy's remote coastal cleanups and the planned EPIC program.
Reports on the Powell River depot that accepts shoreline plastic regular recyclers reject and ships it to Ocean Legacy for processing.
National CBC report on BC's coastline cleanup push, quoting Chloé Dubois on the new Richmond centre built to handle contaminated ocean plastics.
Reports the opening of Ocean Legacy's Steveston facility, which turns recovered ocean plastic into pellets for manufacturing new products.
CTV covers the commercial launch of Legacy Plastic pellets made from ropes, buoys and oyster trays.
CTV reports on the new north Island depot, which spares cleanup crews long trips before debris goes to Steveston for recycling.
Trade brief on the Port McNeill depot opened with the Regional District of Mount Waddington and funded by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Announces the Sechelt landfill depot pilot run with the Sunshine Coast Regional District.
Local report on the summer 2026 pop-up events where Sunshine Coast dock owners can dispose of old foam floats through the provincially funded pilot.
The Province funds free dock foam drop-off events on the Sunshine Coast in summer 2026, delivered by Ocean Legacy with shíshálh Nation.
News coverageUne décharge située à Ucluelet, près de Tofino, sur l'île de Vancouver, interdit le dépôt des combinaisons en néoprène.
Press releaseTire Stewardship BC describes its partnership with Ocean Legacy to recover and dismantle abandoned marine tires, and mentions the Sunshine Coast dock foam pilot.
Documentary series about the people who work on the BC coast, with an episode featuring the Ocean Legacy crew.
News coverageTrade feature on how the Steveston facility turns recovered nets, rope and buoys into Legacy Plastic resin, including the fish tote partnership with Saeplast.
News coverageRadio news site coverage of the free dock foam collection events planned for Sunshine Coast dock owners in summer 2026.
News coverageOcean Legacy, a Quatsino Guardian and helicopter volunteers lifted debris off remote northwest Vancouver Island shoreline in late November 2025.
News coverageMustang Survival directs its 2025 Blue Friday donations to Ocean Legacy's BC plastic removal work and invites other marine brands to contribute.
Podcast and audioPodcast interview with Chloé Dubois about cleanup, recycling, education and policy work, and how recycled plastic products help fund the organization.
CBC profiles the marine waste recycling program that turns old fishing gear into new products, and the funding gap it faces.
News coverageIn-depth profile of the Richmond facility, Legacy Plastic pellets and cleanup training, and what the loss of government grants means for the work.
News coverageShort profile of co-founders Chloé Dubois and James Middleton covering the founding story, the EPIC program and the Steveston recycling facility.
News coverageUS fishing trade magazine recounts the organization's origins and its new membership program for end-of-life fishing and aquaculture gear.
News coverageReports the launch of the Marine Plastic Management Program, which helps fishers and aquaculture operators recycle used gear into Legacy Plastic products.
News coverageTrade coverage of the new gear disposal program for BC fishing and aquaculture businesses, including plastic tracking and readiness for producer responsibility rules.
News coverageCBC's What on Earth feature on ghost gear recycling, with Chloé Dubois describing how recovered fishing gear becomes planters and other products.
AwardProfile marking the Green Business of the Year win at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards.
News coveragePhoto essay on coastal cleanups that explains how collected debris is barged to the Richmond facility and recycled into pellets.
Report on the end of federal ghost gear funding, with Chloé Dubois on what it means for the depots and recycling infrastructure.
News coverageOcean Legacy receives provincial Clean Coast, Clean Waters funding to clean southern BC shoreline and create jobs.
AwardAnnounces Chloé Dubois as a 2024 Clean16 honouree, with a recap of the organization's cleanup work and EPIC program.
AwardOfficial Clean50 honouree page for Chloé Dubois's 2024 Clean16 recognition, citing the recycling facility, depots and online academy.
News coverageAtlantic Canada business site reports federal Ghost Gear Fund support for rope shredding capacity in Truro, Nova Scotia, after Hurricane Fiona.
News coverageTsawwassen First Nation youth in a stewardship program used Ocean Legacy's plastics curriculum, then toured the Steveston facility to see sorting and recycling.
Trade coverage of the free Sechelt Landfill drop-off site for marine debris, opened by Ocean Legacy and the Sunshine Coast Regional District.
Press releaseRegional district release on a pilot depot with Ocean Legacy taking foam-filled tires, marine rope and dock foam to ease pressure on the landfill.
Video interview about the organization's plastic pollution education work and its four-pillar EPIC approach.
News coverageCovers the opening of the depot at 7 Mile Landfill near Port McNeill with the Regional District of Mount Waddington.
News coverageCovers the new drop-off site at 7 Mile Landfill for lost fishing gear, rope, foam and hard plastics bound for the Steveston facility.
News coverageReports on Legacy Plastic pellets from recovered fishing gear and buoys being made into plastic lumber for decking and planters.
News coverageEuropean trade outlet reports the launch of Legacy Plastic, a commercially available pellet made from recovered fishing gear and other marine plastic.
Press releaseAnnouncement of Legacy Plastic, a commercially sold pellet made wholly from recycled ocean and shoreline debris, including discarded fishing gear.
News coverageCovers the commercial release of Legacy Plastic, a post-consumer pellet made from ocean, shoreline and marine gear cleanups and sold to North American manufacturers.
News coverageCovers the worldwide rollout of the revised EPIC Academy courses after a 2021 pilot, plus the hiring of a full-time education coordinator.
News coverageTELUS sponsors promotion of the free EPIC Academy ocean plastics curriculum to reach more learners.
News coverageReports Telus funding for promotion of EPIC Academy and the course's early enrolment by individuals and schools.
News coverageWire story on the new Cumberland depot and the Richmond processing centre.
News coverageReports provincial funding for Ocean Legacy to clear shoreline and create jobs, with Chloé Dubois quoted.
News coverageTrade report on Ocean Legacy's plan to scale up its fully marine-sourced recycled pellet, made from BC cleanup rope and buoys.
News coverageLocal feature on the July 2021 opening of Ocean Legacy's Steveston plant and its work with Indigenous communities that collect discarded ocean plastic.
News coverageReports Clean Coast, Clean Waters results, naming Ocean Legacy among the cleanup groups and as the processor turning recovered debris into pellets.
Newspaper story on the foundation gaining a permanent home at its new Richmond recycling centre after years of collecting shoreline plastic.
News coverageDetailed local report on the Steveston plant's opening, its funding, its harbour authority lease and its processing capacity.
News coverageIndependent review of the EPIC Academy ocean plastics curriculum for learners 14 and up.
News coverageLaunch coverage of the free EPIC Academy course, with beginner and advanced levels, digital badges and a completion certificate.
News coverageCovers provincial cleanup funding, noting Ocean Legacy will work with Indigenous nations in Desolation Sound and the central Salish Sea.
Press releasePartner announcement of the west coast depot run with Ocean Legacy and the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District for beach cleanup debris and old marine gear.
Trade notice of the Earth Day 2021 launch of EPIC Academy, free lessons on marine debris for individuals, teachers, community leaders and waste professionals.
VideoShort film from the Timex We Don't Stop campaign featuring Chloé Dubois and her ocean plastic work with Ocean Legacy.
News coverageLocal radio news item on the Powell River depot that takes cleanup debris and old marine gear for recycling instead of landfill.
News coverageAnnounces BC's first ocean plastic depot at Augusta Recyclers, a partnership of Ocean Legacy and the qathet Regional District, with comment from Chloé Dubois.
News coverageProfile of the foundation covering its origins, its cleanup work in Panama and plans to expand the EPIC program.
News coverageSpanish-language interview with Chloé Dubois about why Ocean Legacy chose Panama and its policy work there.
News coveragePanamanian daily reports on the EPIC program in the Las Perlas archipelago, where resident volunteers took part in beach debris collection.
Trade coverage of the launch of EPIC, Ocean Legacy's four-pillar response program of education, policy, infrastructure and cleanup.
Federal release announcing funding toward a proof of concept for a marine plastics processing facility for fishing and aquaculture gear.
Previews the Future Oceans marine debris fashion show in Victoria, a fundraiser for Ocean Legacy's cleanup work.
Follow-up on Ocean Legacy's video of a container-strewn west coast beach and its push for the province to overhaul the bottle deposit system.
News coverageWire story on Ocean Legacy's report on unreturned beverage containers, with its recommendations for deposit reform and producer responsibility.
Covers the foundation's research on beverage containers and caps escaping BC's recycling system, and its call for higher deposits.
A writer spends a week volunteering with Ocean Legacy on Nootka Island and profiles the founders' approach to recycling what they collect.
News coverageNuu-chah-nulth newspaper covers Ocean Legacy volunteers clearing shoreline at Yuquot on Nootka Island.
Regional Recycling announces that customers at its BC depots can donate beverage container refunds to fund Ocean Legacy's ocean and beach cleanups.
VideoEarthrise documentary episode visiting Canada and France to look at responses to plastic pollution.
VideoShort film from Lush about its partner Ocean Legacy and the shoreline cleanups that supply plastic for Lush packaging.
Newspaper feature on Ocean Legacy's Nootka Sound cleanups, its volunteer sorting operation and its school field trip program.
News coverageExplains the Lush partnership in which plastic from Ocean Legacy's Vancouver Island cleanups is pelletized and turned into cosmetic bottles and pots.
Describes Lush's partnership with Ocean Legacy to convert recovered marine plastic into skincare packaging.
Lush and Ocean Legacy gathered Vancouver Island beach debris, which was processed into pellets for Lush's recycled containers.
Press releaseRecycler's release describing how plastic gathered by Ocean Legacy volunteers on Vancouver Island was processed in Toronto for Lush containers.
Community profile of Chloé Dubois and James Middleton and their plans for further cleanups in BC and Costa Rica.
CBC reports that Ocean Legacy volunteers removed beach debris from Vancouver Island in 2016 and recycled or upcycled nearly all of it.
News coverageSmithsonian reprint of the Hakai feature on Ocean Legacy's effort to upcycle marine debris from a 2016 Vancouver Island cleanup instead of landfilling it.
News coverageLong-form feature following Ocean Legacy's founders as they hand-sort Vancouver Island beach debris and hunt for recyclers willing to take it.
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Press releases and announcements
Press releaseOcean Legacy Foundation produces first commercially available plastic pellet in North America made from 100 per cent recycled ocean plastics – Legacy Plastic™ is made from high-grade post-consumer processed recycled plastic…
Press release– Ocean Legacy Foundation’s EPIC Academy provides free online education to people around the world regarding plastic pollution, cleanup efforts, and solutions for creating plastic pollution-free lands and waters VANCOUVER,…
Press releasePRESS RELEASE December 14th, 2021 OCEAN LEGACY PRODUCES FIRST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE 100% POST-CONSUMER PLASTIC PELLET IN NORTH AMERICA FROM SHORELINE, OCEAN AND USED MARINE GEAROcean Legacy has produced the first commercially…
Press releaseWhile plastic plays an important role in our lives and brings many benefits, despite ongoing efforts, much of it ends up as waste in incinerators, landfills and the environment. Every…
Press releaseChloé is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Ocean Legacy Foundation, a Canadian non-profit organization founded in 2014 with the goal to end plastic waste in our oceans. Ocean Legacy aims to accomplish…
Press release#WeDontStop There is no easy solution in ending the world's plastic pollution crisis but we don't stop trying. We are happy to announce our latest collaboration with Timex and the…
Media kit
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Ocean Legacy Foundation is a Canadian non-profit organization working to end ocean plastic pollution. Through its EPIC program (Education, Policy, Infrastructure and Cleanup), Ocean Legacy leads shoreline and marine debris cleanups, runs Ocean Plastic Depots in coastal British Columbia, and recycles recovered fishing gear and marine plastic at its Plastic Pollution Emergency Response facility in Richmond, BC. Recovered material is given a second life as Legacy Plastic, and the free online EPIC Academy shares practical knowledge with communities around the world.
Please refer to us as “Ocean Legacy Foundation” on first mention and “Ocean Legacy” after that. Please keep the ™ on Legacy Plastic™. Photos and video from our media kit may be used for editorial coverage of Ocean Legacy. Please credit “Ocean Legacy Foundation” unless another credit is shown.