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LUSH Partners with The Ocean Legacy Foundation to turn Marine Debris into Packaging

It’s true!  We are proud to have partnered with LUSH to remove 27 tonnes of marine debris and turn it into LUSH packaging! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBElVE3QhY0 LUSH:  “Turning Ocean Plastic into Packaging Giving plastic pollution a new life..   It’s early June and the folks at The Ocean Legacy Foundation are preparing for a summer full of ocean cleanup expeditions and community engagement. They’ll be spending the next few months on the waters

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June 11, 2017 No Comments
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7 Trash Management Techniques for Preventing Ocean Contamination

Written for The Ocean Legacy Foundation by Erich Lawson Marine trash is becoming a major problem around the globe, poisoning our oceans and throwing their natural ecosystems out of balance. Toxic chemicals, crude oil and plastic are particularly dangerous, breaking down into small particles that are swallowed by fish, birds and marine mammals, causing reproductive failure, cancer and even death. There’s millions of tons of ocean trash already in

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March 30, 2017 1 Comment
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CBC Radio Interview: Chloe Dubois on All Points West – Surrey group recycles almost 20 tonnes of Vancouver Island beach debris

READ THE ARTICLE: Surrey group recycles almost 20 tonnes of Vancouver Island beach debris All Points West January 10, 2017 Season 2017, Episode 300275589 08:43 “What it’s really coming down to is our consum ption habits of plastic and how we dispose of that plastic is really affecting our local communities as well as our global communities.” A crew with Ocean Legacy Foundation tows a barge of marine debris

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February 15, 2017 No Comments
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New Book: Plastic Without Borders! Coming in March 2017

Check out our new book: Plastic Without Borders! A 20-page community handbook on the latest research regarding marine debris and how we can clean it up. We are very excited to start training people and upcycling debris using this book. Our Canadian public launch date will be March 27th, 2017. Thank you to all the community partners and advisers who have helped make this book a reality. This will

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February 15, 2017 No Comments
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Now Newspaper: HIDDEN HEROES, Surrey couple is keen to clean the globe’s oceans

Article From The Now Newspaper By TOM ZILLICH February 2, 2017 · 10:45 AM Newton’s Chloé Dubois and James Middleton are founders of the Ocean Legacy Foundation. / TOM ZILLICH SURREY — Chloé Dubois has seen her share of plastic drink containers floating in the ocean off Vancouver Island, but it was the number of found shoes that surprised her most. Such marine debris and “driftage” – 20 tonnes

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February 15, 2017 No Comments
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The Big Sort – Haikai Magazine

Clearing tonnes of plastic debris off beaches is only the first step—then comes the conundrum of what to do with it all. by Laura Trethewey READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT HAIKAI MAGAZINE Published December 19, 2016 On a sunny afternoon in September, a barge roughly the size of a dump truck pulls into Delta, British Columbia, piled high with marine debris. Foam, plastic bottles, frayed rope—all of it hand-picked

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February 15, 2017 No Comments
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CBC News: Scores of children help divert beach garbage from landfill

Field-tripping children and volunteers race to clear a warehouse of recyclables By Rafferty Baker, CBC News Posted: Oct 14, 2016 11:09 AM PTLast Updated: Oct 14, 2016 11:09 AM PT Chloe Dubois with Ocean Legacy Foundation stands in front of a pile of Styrofoam sorted by groups of children, (Krista Tulloch) Groups of school children have been pitching in to help the Ocean Legacy Foundation keep tonnes of waste gathered

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October 14, 2016 No Comments
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Thanks to LUSH for the trash sorting space!

LUSH Cosmetics has offered us a two week temporary space to unload all of our material with access to a baler! Our material will be heading to some of the most innovative plastic upcycling projects happening right now! EDIT: Check out our event for “The 14 Day Upcycling Challenge”

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October 4, 2016 No Comments