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EPIC Academy is a free online educational platform providing worldwide communities with essential knowledge regarding ocean plastic pollution, cleanup efforts, and solutions for creating plastic-free environments
While 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 year, millions of tons of plastic leak into the environment, and mounting evidence shows this problem will continue to grow unless we fundamentally rethink the way we produce, use, reuse, and dispose of plastic. Please visit https://www.plasticpollutiontreaty.org/ for details
Chloé 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 this through education, advocacy, research and policy that improves infrastructure and waste management, and the foundation takes part in cleanup and restoration efforts to help catalyze anti-pollution actions worldwide. #WeDontStop
#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 #WeDontStop campaign. Not only does this initiative highlight incredible change makers from around the world but the underlying message to continue on in the face of adversity, is inspiring in continuing our own journey. Share your #WeDontStop story with
We are proud to announce that BC’s first Ocean Plastic Depot opened at Augusta Recyclers in Powell River on October 26, 2020! Originally announced at PR Peak Oct 14, 2020 Ocean plastic depot to open in Powell River Facility will divert landfill waste and reduce oceanic plastic pollution Powell River Peak The Ocean Plastic Depot will target materials collected from cleanup efforts, as well as legacy equipment from the
E P I C | Plastic Pollution Emergency Response™ ⚠ HOTSPOT MAP | ✍ OCEAN DIRECTORY Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Youtube Pinterest DONATE EDUCATION & RESEARCH Worldwide change begins with dedicated and well-informed individual action. Anyone can fight the devastation being caused by plastic pollution, but we all need to understand the problem and potential solutions. Knowledge drives innovation. 1 of 4 « Previous Next » POLICY & ADVOCACY Policy
Future Oceans, as conceived by it’s founding partners the Victoria International Marina, Natural Talent Alliance and The Ocean Legacy Foundation, is a showcase that connects a real problem, Ocean Plastics, with a primary source industry hungry for change, Fashion and Clothing, to an entrepreneurial problem solver, Ocean Legacy Foundation, with the immeasurable means of a major user of the oceans, Yachters. We challenged international fashion designers to visit
Download Report In its report, OLF outlines the current ocean plastics crisis, the role of beverage containers and their caps in contributing to ocean litter, and BC’s declining beverage container recycling rates, especially as they relate to small plastic bottles. 5 Key take-aways from the report – the solutions: The Ocean Legacy Foundation calls on the BC government to update its regulated system with five key, evidence-informed recommendations: