Press Release: OLF produces first commercially available plastic pellet – Legacy Plastic™
Ocean 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 recovered during ocean, shoreline, and marine equipment cleanups and transformed into new products RICHMOND, BC (Dec. 8, 2022) – Ocean Legacy, […]
Legacy Plastic: 100% Post-Consumer Plastic Pellet From Shoreline, Ocean and Used Marine Gear
PRESS RELEASE December 14th, 2021 OCEAN LEGACY PRODUCES FIRST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE 100% POST-CONSUMER PLASTIC PELLET IN NORTH AMERICA FROM SHORELINE, OCEAN AND USED MARINE GEAR Ocean Legacy has produced the first commercially available plastic pellet in North America made from 100% recycled plastic collected during ocean, shoreline, and marine equipment cleanup. Legacy Plastic™ is a […]
Community of Via Del Mar, Mexico Continue Recycling Efforts
Amazing work as the students and community of Via Del Mar, Mexico continue on the recycling efforts
Success in Via Del Mar, Mexico! Mayto Beach Cleanup Expedition March 23, 2019
With over 200 people we were able to clean approximately 12kms of shoreline on March 23 in Via Del Mar, Mexico..
Giving New Life to Litter!
In honour of Earth Day, the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup and Ocean Legacy are launching a new shoreline litter drop-off location at Ocean Wise’s Vancouver Aquarium.
Lush Cosmetics: Cleaning up plastic pollution with Ocean Legacy
The hardworking staff at Ocean Legacy, a Lush Charity Pot partner, see the devastating effects of plastic pollution every day.
Aug 24 2017 – Sorting Event Update & Thanks!
An Evening Sorting Marine Debris with The Ocean Legacy Foundation
Loading Marine Debris, Headed to our Intake Centre!
PS: Thank you for the timelapse Lisa!
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 […]
Expedition Updates & Thank YOU!
This summer, some of the largest coordinated efforts took place to remove marine debris from our West coast Canadian shorelines, connecting so many wonderful people together in a common goal to better our environment. Members of the Vancouver Island Marine Debris Working Committee and countless passionate community members have contributed to this cause to remove […]
SUCCESS Cleaning Catala Island!
Our expedition is going amazing! Above is some of our crew with the heaping pile of trash. We will be converting this trash into fuel this up coming summer with our new mobile unit. We have finished cleaning Catala Island, managing to complete two field surveys for NOAA and remove a lot of garbage. Thanks […]
Success in Mexico!
We successfully identified several plastic pollution hotspots, recorded debris data and removed plastic pollution off of a few hotspots just outside of Yelapa, Mexico with a crew of 12 people. In only 120m we collected 162 kilos of plastic pollution!