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# Ocean Legacy Foundation: Ocean Legacy Foundation is a Canadian non-profit transforming ocean plastic pollution into circular solutions through our EPIC approach—education, policy advocacy, infrastructure, and cleanup. Explore Legacy Plastic™, Ocean Plastic Depots, recycled plastic products, and join global efforts to restore marine ecosystems. Donate, volunteer, or partner to create a plastic-free future.

## Sitemaps
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## Posts
- [May 8: DOCK FOAM FLOAT COLLECTION PILOT](https://oceanlegacy.ca/may-8-dock-foam-float-collection-pilot/): Ocean Legacy, in partnership with the Province of BC, and the shíshálh Nation, is launching a pilot program that collects and responsibly manages foam dock floats from within the shíshálh swiya Dock Management Plan area to better steward the lands and waters in swiya territory.
- [🌊 Soul Aboard: Paddle Up for Ocean Protection 🎶](https://oceanlegacy.ca/soul-aboard-paddle-up-for-ocean-protection/): Paddleboard, kayak, canoe—or just bring a beach blanket! Join Sailing for Change for a floating sunset concert with special guest artists, set against the stunning backdrop of Vancouver’s tall ships.
- [Recycling HMPE End-of-Life Marine Rope: How Ocean Legacy and Samson Rope Are Creating a Circular Future](https://oceanlegacy.ca/recycling-hmpe-end-of-life-marine-rope-how-ocean-legacy-and-samson-rope-are-creating-a-circular-future/): Giving Marine Gear a Second Life
- [Support the Ocean Legacy Foundation in Attending INC-5!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/support-the-ocean-legacy-foundation-in-attending-inc-5/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8dz4KP0s3A
- [Press Release: Ocean Legacy Foundation and Partners Participating in Clean Coast Clean Waters Initiative for the 2024-2025 Coastal Cleanup Season](https://oceanlegacy.ca/press-release-ocean-legacy-foundation-and-partners-participating-in-clean-coast-clean-waters-initiative-for-the-2024-2025-coastal-cleanup-season/): Vancouver, BC (August 14, 2024) – The Ocean Legacy Foundation (OLF) and its partners are proud to announce its participation in the 2024 Clean Coast Clean Waters Initiative (CCCWI). This initiative is part of the CleanBC Plastics Action Plan to reduce pollution from plastic waste.
- [Introducing: The Ocean Legacy Plastic Analysis Laboratory](https://oceanlegacy.ca/introducing-the-ocean-legacy-plastic-analysis-laboratory/): STEVESTON, BC – Ocean Legacy Foundation (Ocean Legacy) is proud to announce the launch of new, affordable plastic testing and production support services. Starting today, (July 3, 2024) local recyclers, startups, and amateur material developers will have access to high-quality melt flow and moisture testing at their Steveston Facility.
- [Salvaged – Collaborative Community Marine Debris Art Project – June 08, 2024 11AM-4PM](https://oceanlegacy.ca/salvaged-collaborative-community-marine-debris-art-project-june-08-2024-11am-4pm/): The Ocean Legacy Foundation and the Pacific Rim Art Society have teamed up with local artists to bring awareness to our coastal plastics pollution problem through the lens of art. View all the powerful art installations, and meet artists, environmental groups, and local leaders for informative talks.
- [10 Easy to Implement Ways to Reduce Your Daily Plastic Consumption](https://oceanlegacy.ca/10-easy-to-implement-ways-to-reduce-your-daily-plastic-consumption/): By Kierstyn Clough - Guest Author for Ocean Legacy
- [Restore the Montagua River: Join the Alliance!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/restore-the-montagua-river-join-the-alliance/): PLEASE DONATE TODAY: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Restore-The-Motagua
- [Ocean Seen From the Heart – A Documentary Featuring Ocean Legacy](https://oceanlegacy.ca/ocean-seen-from-the-heart-a-documentary-featuring-ocean-legacy/): For a long time, the ocean seemed unalterable and limitless, but the impact of our actions on its biodiversity and temperature has become increasingly alarming. In Ocean Seen From the Heart, the sequel to Heart Seen from the Heart, Hubert Reeves, surrounded by passionate scientists and explorers, invites us to rediscover what threatens it and, above all, its phenomenal capacity for regeneration. A hymn to life at its richest, most precious and necessary to preserve if we are to survive, among other species, on our blue planet.
- [Video: Ocean Legacy’s Legacy Plastic™ and Full Circle Plastic Collaboration Announcement](https://oceanlegacy.ca/video-ocean-legacy-and-full-circle-plastic-collaboration/): A very special thank you to the one and only Adham Shaikh for producing the video and music! --- https://www.sonicturtlemusic.com/
- [Press Release: OLF produces first commercially available plastic pellet – Legacy Plastic™](https://oceanlegacy.ca/press-release-olf-produces-first-commercially-available-plastic-pellet-legacy-plastic/):  
- [Ocean Legacy Foundation partners with TELUS to advance global education on  ocean plastic pollution](https://oceanlegacy.ca/ocean-legacy-foundation-partners-with-telus-to-advance-global-education-on-ocean-plastic-pollution/): - 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
- [Plastic Pollution is a Threat to Global Security](https://oceanlegacy.ca/plastic-pollution-is-a-threat-to-global-security/): There are no proven formulas which provide one solution to ending the plastic pollution crisis. The issues surrounding plastic pollution are complex as intersecting issues such as poverty, human health, food security, global climate change, and environmental degradation are all captured in this matter.
- [UPDATE: She Won! Chloé Dubois, Selected as a @SheEO Venture Winner in Canada!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/chloe-dubois-selected-as-a-sheeo-venture-semi-finalist-in-canada/): SheEO recognizes the hard work of women- and non-binary-led organizations across the world, and offers an array of resources from funding to industry connections to help these organizations grow through their network of Activators.
- [Legacy Plastic: 100% Post-Consumer Plastic Pellet From Shoreline, Ocean and Used Marine Gear](https://oceanlegacy.ca/press-release-ocean-legacy-produces-first-commercially-available-100-post-consumer-plastic-pellet-legacy-plastic/): 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 watershed in addressing the ocean plastic crisis.
- [Ocean Legacy’s ‘Plastic Pollution Emergency Response’ Facility](https://oceanlegacy.ca/news-plastic-pollution-emergency-response-facility/): PLEASE CALL TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THE FACILITY.
- [Ocean Legacy Foundation Launches EPIC Academy](https://oceanlegacy.ca/ocean-legacy-foundation-launches-epic-academy/): 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
- [Manifesto: THE BUSINESS CALL FOR A UN TREATY ON PLASTIC POLLUTION](https://oceanlegacy.ca/manifesto-the-business-call-for-a-un-treaty-on-plastic-pollution/): 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.
- [VIDEO: #Timex​ #WeDontStop​ – Chloé Dubois](https://oceanlegacy.ca/video-timex%e2%80%8b-wedontstop%e2%80%8b-chloe-dubois/): 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
- [VIDEO: #WeDontStop – Timex Collaborates with Ocean Legacy](https://oceanlegacy.ca/video-wedontstop-timex-collaborates-with-ocean-legacy/): Share your #WeDontStop story with us and learn more about the campaign at https://www.timex.com/wedontstop
- [OLF & Friends Open Canada’s First Ocean Plastic Depot in Powel River, BC](https://oceanlegacy.ca/olf-friends-open-canadas-first-ocean-plastic-depot-in-powel-river-bc/): We are proud to announce that BC’s first Ocean Plastic Depot opened at Augusta Recyclers in Powell River on October 26, 2020!
- [Introducing EPIC](https://oceanlegacy.ca/introducing-epic/): E P I C  |  Plastic Pollution Emergency Response™
- [Video: Future Oceans – Fashion from Ocean Plastic](https://oceanlegacy.ca/video-future-oceans-fashion-from-ocean-plastic/): 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.
- [MISSING MILLIONS](https://oceanlegacy.ca/missing-millions/):  
- [Community of Via Del Mar, Mexico Continue Recycling Efforts](https://oceanlegacy.ca/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](https://oceanlegacy.ca/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..
- [Expedition to Clean Mexican Hotspots and Sea Turtle Habitat](https://oceanlegacy.ca/success-expeditions-planned-to-clean-mexican-hotspots/): Success! We have identified new Mexican hotspots to clean...
- [FUTURE OCEANS DESIGN COMPETITION – Marine Debris Fashion](https://oceanlegacy.ca/future-oceans-design-competition-marine-debris-fashion/): The Future Oceans Design Competition is an innovation challenge presented to international fashion designers...
- [She is the Ocean – A Full-Length Documentary About Extraordinary Women Screening](https://oceanlegacy.ca/she-is-the-ocean-a-full-length-documentary-about-extraordinary-women-screening/): She is the Ocean – a full-length documentary about great women.
- [PNP Presents: WONDERS of the SEA – 3D Feature Film – COMING SOON – Narrated by Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://oceanlegacy.ca/pnp-presents-wonders-of-the-sea-3d-feature-film-coming-soon-narrated-by-arnold-schwarzenegger/): WONDERS OF THE SEA 3D takes viewers on a trip under the ocean...
- [Motion 151 – A National Strategy to Combat Plastic Pollution Passed 100% in the House of Commons!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/motion-151-a-national-strategy-to-combat-plastic-pollution-passed-100-in-the-house-of-commons/): Motion 151, a national strategy to combat plastic pollution has been approved in the Canadian House of Commons with 100% of the vote!!
- [Press: Meet the Couple That’s Aiming to End Ocean Pollution](https://oceanlegacy.ca/press-meet-the-couple-thats-aiming-to-end-ocean-pollution/): Chloe Dubois and James Middleton aren’t household names – and frankly, neither of them care...
- [The 3rd Annual 14 Day Upcycle Challenge: Oct 28 – Nov 10, 2018](https://oceanlegacy.ca/the-3rd-annual-14-day-upcycle-challenge-oct-28-nov-10-2018/): The Upcycle Challenge is an annual event which allows people of all ages to come to Canada's only Marine Debris Solutions Centre...
- [LIVE: Sept 8, 2018 – Launching the First Ocean Cleanup System 001](https://oceanlegacy.ca/live-sept-8-2018-launching-the-first-ocean-cleanup-system-001/): LIVE TODAY, Sept 8, We are down with The Ocean Cleanup crew, launching the first ocean cleanup System 001 from Alameda! Join us and watch live!
- [New Report: GROWING ISSUE OF PLASTIC MARINE DEBRIS from Vancouver Island University & Ocean Legacy](https://oceanlegacy.ca/new-report-growing-issue-of-plastic-marine-debris-from-vancouver-island-university-ocean-legacy/): This report was just published between The Ocean Legacy Foundation and the University of Vancouver Island...
- [Could Plastic Fuel Your Car? – Earthrise Feature: Al Jazeera TV](https://oceanlegacy.ca/could-plastic-fuel-your-car-earthrise-feature-al-jazeera-tv/): Could Plastic Fuel Your Car? - Earthrise Feature: Al Jazeera TV
- [Al Jazeera Documentary: 🇫🇷 Turning the tide on plastic: Creation and art from waste 🇨🇦 | Earthrise](https://oceanlegacy.ca/al-jazeera-documentary-turning-the-tide-on-plastic-creation-and-art-from-waste-earthrise/): Canadian organisation Ocean Legacy is not only collecting and recycling plastic waste from the coastline of British Columbia...
- [Towards a Zero Plastic Waste Canada – Declaration on Plastics](https://oceanlegacy.ca/towards-a-zero-plastic-waste-canada-declaration-on-plastics/): Thanks to the efforts of the signatories named below and Environmental Defence, this Declaration on Plastics has been sent to Prime Minister Trudeau, and Minister McKenna.  Let's hope they respond with an invitation to discuss and move forward, towards a zero plastic waste Canada!
- [Thormanby Cleanup, Video by Dolf Vermeulen Creative](https://oceanlegacy.ca/thormanby-cleanup-video-by-dolf-vermeulen-creative/): Two weekends back I spent #EarthDay cleaning up South Thormanby with The Ocean Legacy Foundation. It was a day of highs and lows. We had amazing weather, I got to meet many incredible people, and overall it was a very enjoyable event...
- [Microplastics Found in Some Canadian Bottled Water](https://oceanlegacy.ca/microplastics-found-in-93-of-bottled-water-globally/): A CBC Marketplace investigation found that many Canadian bottled water brands contain microplastics. Those microplastics can enter a human's bloodstream and stay there, however the potential impact on people hasn't been studied.
- [BC Seafood Expo June 11-12, 2018](https://oceanlegacy.ca/bc-seafood-expo-june-11-12-2018/): The BC Seafood Expo June 11 & 12, 2018We are grateful to have been sponsored by the BC Seafood Expo to attend this years event! Don’t miss one of the largest seafood industry trade events in the pacific northwest!
- [Tour de Crown – Biking for the Oceans](https://oceanlegacy.ca/tour-de-crown/): Biking from the Pacific to the Atlantic – 10 friends, 9 days, 6,223 km – to raise money for the world's oceans.Why would anyone do this?"We like riding bikes. We like having fun. We like giving back.
- [Giving New Life to Litter!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/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. 
- [Donate your Bottle Return to Help us Clean up the Ocean!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/donate-your-bottle-return-to-help-us-clean-up-the-ocean/): For a moment we invite you to think about the ocean...Not that beautiful blue thing you see in commercials or the view from above. Think about what is in our oceans and what increases every day.
- [Tell Canada to support the bill that will tackle the global plastics crisis](https://oceanlegacy.ca/tell-canada-to-support-the-bill-that-will-tackle-the-global-plastics-crisis/): Canadians toss out a massive amount of plastic every year, including almost 3 billion plastic bags.
- [Video: Blue Planet II with Sir David Attenborough on the Ocean Plastic Pollution Epidemic](https://oceanlegacy.ca/video-blue-planet-ii-with-sir-david-attenborough-on-the-ocean-plastic-pollution-epidemic/): Sir David Attenborough's haunting message on plastic pollution in the oceans... with social media responses (clip)
- [Let’s Talk Trash: Oceanfront Cleanups –  In the News](https://oceanlegacy.ca/lets-talk-trash-oceanfront-cleanups/)
- [Zoe  Dechanel Video: There are tiny pieces of plastic in your seafood!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/zoe-dechanel-video-there-are-tiny-pieces-of-plastic-in-your-seafood/): There are tiny pieces of plastic in the seafood you are eating!
- [SIGN NOW: E-1415 PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA Re: Marine Debris](https://oceanlegacy.ca/sign-now-e-1415-petition-to-the-government-of-canada-re-marine-debris/): We, the undersigned, the citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to adopt M-151...
- [Lush Cosmetics: Cleaning up plastic pollution with Ocean Legacy](https://oceanlegacy.ca/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.
- [Video: From the Beach to the Sorting Facility by Crystal Chan, Surfrider Vancouver](https://oceanlegacy.ca/video-from-the-beach-to-the-sorting-facility-by-crystal-chan-surfrider-vancouver/)
- [The 2nd Annual 14 Day Upcycle Challenge was a HUGE SUCCESS! Thank you!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/the-2nd-annual-14-day-upcycle-challenge-success/)
- [RETHINK PLASTIC – and save our oceans – Sign the Petition #StopSingleUse – Canadian Wildlife Federation](https://oceanlegacy.ca/rethink-plastic-and-save-our-oceans-sign-the-petition-stopsingleuse-canadian-wildlife-federation/)
- [LBW Travel x The Ocean Legacy Foundation: Cleaning up Marine Debris in Panama!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/lbw-travel-x-the-ocean-legacy-foundation-cleaning-up-marine-debris-in-panama/)
- [Video: Chloé Dubois, co-founder of Ocean Legacy, Talks Marine Debris](https://oceanlegacy.ca/video-chloe-dubois-talks-marine-debris-on-ocean-org-from-ocean-wise/)
- [Transforming Ocean Plastics into Fuel – Marine Debris Solutions](https://oceanlegacy.ca/transforming-ocean-plastics-into-fuel-marine-debris-solutions/)
- [Aug 24 2017 – Sorting Event Update & Thanks!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/aug-24-2017-sorting-event-update-thanks/)
- [A Plastic Ocean – We Need a Wave of Change – Film](https://oceanlegacy.ca/a-plastic-ocean-we-need-a-wave-of-change-film/)
- [An Evening Sorting Marine Debris with The Ocean Legacy Foundation](https://oceanlegacy.ca/an-evening-sorting-marine-debris-with-the-ocean-legacy-foundation/)
- [Loading Marine Debris, Headed to our Intake Centre!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/truckload-of-marine-debris-headed-to-our-intake-centre/)
- [LUSH Partners with The Ocean Legacy Foundation to turn Marine Debris into Packaging](https://oceanlegacy.ca/lush-partners-with-the-ocean-legacy-foundation-to-turn-marine-debris-into-packaging/)
- [7 Trash Management Techniques for  Preventing Ocean Contamination](https://oceanlegacy.ca/7-trash-management-techniques-for-preventing-ocean-contamination/)
- [CBC Radio Interview: Chloe Dubois on All Points West – Surrey group recycles almost 20 tonnes of Vancouver Island beach debris](https://oceanlegacy.ca/cbc-radio-interview-chloe-dubois-on-all-points-west-surrey-group-recycles-almost-20-tonnes-of-vancouver-island-beach-debris/)
- [You Can Make A Difference – Ocean Legacy Video by Red Rabbit Studio](https://oceanlegacy.ca/you-can-make-a-difference-video/)
- [New Book:  Plastic Without Borders! Coming in March 2017](https://oceanlegacy.ca/new-book-plastic-without-borders-coming-in-march-2017/)
- [Now Newspaper: HIDDEN HEROES, Surrey couple is keen to clean the globe’s oceans](https://oceanlegacy.ca/hidden-heroes-surrey-couple-is-keen-to-clean-the-globes-oceans/)
- [The Big Sort – Haikai Magazine](https://oceanlegacy.ca/the-big-sort-haikai-magazine/)
- [CBC News: Scores of children help divert beach garbage from landfill](https://oceanlegacy.ca/cbc-news-scores-of-children-help-divert-beach-garbage-from-landfill/)
- [Thanks to LUSH for the trash sorting space!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/thanks-to-lush-for-the-trash-sorting-space/)
- [40 Tons of Marine Debris Collected From Beach in British Columbia – Global News](https://oceanlegacy.ca/40-tons-of-marine-debris-collected-from-beach-in-british-columbia-global-news/): A barge loaded with 40 tonnes of marine garbage collected by volunteers arrived in Richmond Tuesday...
- [Colossal cleanup effort in Pacific Rim National Park – WesterlyNews.ca](https://oceanlegacy.ca/colossal-cleanup-effort-in-pacific-rim-national-park-westerlynews-ca/)
- [‘Garbarge’ delivers tonnes of marine debris recovered from B.C. coast](https://oceanlegacy.ca/garbarge-delivers-tonnes-of-marine-debris-recovered-from-b-c-coast/)
- [Tsunami debris cleared from Island beaches –     Times Colonist](https://oceanlegacy.ca/tsunami-debris-cleared-from-island-beaches-times-colonist/)
- [Check Out the Salvaged Gar Barge!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/check-out-the-salvaged-gar-barge/)
- [“What do you find out there?” – Video clip](https://oceanlegacy.ca/what-do-you-find-out-there/)
- [Cleanup at MuQwin / Brooks Peninsula Video Clip](https://oceanlegacy.ca/cleanup-at-muqwin-brooks-peninsula-video-clip/)
- [Join us at our sorting celebration!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/join-us-at-our-sorting-celebration/)
- [From the Helm.. Hello Mainland!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/from-the-helm-hello-mainland/)
- [Expedition Updates & Thank YOU!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/expedition-updates-thanks/)
- [The Plastic Pirate’s “Oath of the 8 Rs”](https://oceanlegacy.ca/the-plastic-pirates-oath-of-the-8-rs/)
- [VIDEO PLAYLIST ON “OCEAN PLASTIC POLLUTION”](https://oceanlegacy.ca/video-playlist-on-ocean-plastic-pollution/)
- [NRDC – 10 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution](https://oceanlegacy.ca/nrdc-10-ways-to-reduce-plastic-pollution/)
- [Tiny plastic, big problem](https://oceanlegacy.ca/tiny-plastic-big-problem/)
- [PLASTIC POLLUTION IN OUR OCEANS](https://oceanlegacy.ca/plastic-pollution-in-our-oceans/)
- [Plastics in the Ocean Affecting Human Health](https://oceanlegacy.ca/plastics-in-the-ocean-affecting-human-health/)
- [22 Facts About Plastic Pollution (And 10 Things We Can Do About It)](https://oceanlegacy.ca/22-facts-about-plastic-pollution-and-10-things-we-can-do-about-it/)
- [OCEAN PLASTICS POLLUTION](https://oceanlegacy.ca/ocean-plastics-pollution/)
- [Plastics in Our Oceans](https://oceanlegacy.ca/plastics-in-our-oceans/)
- [The ocean is turning into a plastic soup](https://oceanlegacy.ca/httpwww-surfrider-orgprogramsplastic-pollution/)
- [The Problem of Marine Plastic Pollution](https://oceanlegacy.ca/the-problem-of-marine-plastic-pollution/)
- [B.C. coast to see historic cleanup of marine debris as Japanese tsunami money runs out — Vancouver Sun](https://oceanlegacy.ca/b-c-coast-to-see-historic-cleanup-of-marine-debris-as-japanese-tsunami-money-runs-out-vancouver-sun/)
- [Welcoming New Sponsors!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/welcoming-new-sponsors/)
- [Expedition Trailer](https://oceanlegacy.ca/expedition-trailer/)
- [Roadside Trash Hotspot Mexico](https://oceanlegacy.ca/roadside-trash-hotspot-mexico/): This is just one of hundreds of roadside trash hotspots
- [PRESS RELEASE: Nootka Island & Catala Island Clean Up](https://oceanlegacy.ca/press-release-nootka-island-catala-island-clean-up/)
- [Video: DevOcean](https://oceanlegacy.ca/video-devocean/)
- [Marine Debris Processing Locations](https://oceanlegacy.ca/marine-debis-processing/)
- [SUCCESS Cleaning Catala Island!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/1success-cleaning-catala-island/)
- [Our First Promo Video](https://oceanlegacy.ca/ocean-legacy-video/)

## Pages
- [Sponsors](https://oceanlegacy.ca/sponsors/): Power the systems that solve the ocean plastic problem.
- [Ending Ocean Plastic Pollution](https://oceanlegacy.ca/): Ocean Legacy is ending ocean plastic pollution—transforming marine plastic into circular economy solutions that restore ecosystems. This is our legacy.
- [Give](https://oceanlegacy.ca/give/): Make a tax-receipted donation to Ocean Legacy and help remove ocean plastic pollution. Give online, by cheque, securities, crypto, vehicles & more.
- [Leadership Giving](https://oceanlegacy.ca/leadership-giving/): The ocean economy exceeds $2.5 trillion annually.
- [Volunteer](https://oceanlegacy.ca/volunteer/): The following are some actionable steps to becoming a volunteer or ambassador, working with Ocean Legacy Foundation.
- [Blog](https://oceanlegacy.ca/blog/)
- [Sitemap](https://oceanlegacy.ca/sitemap/)
- [Marine Plastic Management Program (MPMP)](https://oceanlegacy.ca/marine-plastic-management-program-mpmp/): The Marine Plastic Management Program (MPMP) is an innovative initiative by Ocean Legacy that empowers businesses operating in the marine sector to take responsibility for the end-of-life management of their equipment and materials. Designed specifically for organizations involved in marine-based industries—such as fisheries, aquaculture, transportation, and coastal tourism—the program provides practical tools, training, and recognition to support responsible plastic stewardship, advance the circular economy, and build a more sustainable future across British Columbia and beyond.
- [Take the Pledge](https://oceanlegacy.ca/takethepledge/): Take the Wild Pledge
- [Ocean Legacy Plastic Testing Laboratory](https://oceanlegacy.ca/plastic-testing-ocean-legacy-analysis-laboratory/): Ocean Legacy offers affordable plastic testing services to meet quality assurance, mechanical benchmarking and production assistance needs, and are available as individual requests or daily and monthly bundled units.
- [Newsletter Archives](https://oceanlegacy.ca/newsletter-archives/): The following is a list of our archived newsletters.
- [Join the Crew?](https://oceanlegacy.ca/join-the-crew/): Join The Crew?
- [Cleanup Expeditions](https://oceanlegacy.ca/cleanup-expeditions/): OLF, regularily organizes cleanup expeditions with small qualified groups out into our oceans and shorelines to collect ocean plastic pollution. We can always use qualified volunteers to join us, offering their skills, time and energy to the cause of ocean cleanup!
- [FAQ Plastic to Fuel](https://oceanlegacy.ca/faq-plastic-to-fuel/): Microwaves and mobility mark plastics-to-fuel effort
- [Introducing Canada’s First ‘Plastic Pollution Emergency Response™’ Facility!](https://oceanlegacy.ca/plastic-pollution-emergency-response-facility/): The first ocean plastic pollution reclamation, recycling, and processing centre of its kind in Canada! Specifically created to recover and reprocess marine debris materials that have been collected during shoreline cleanups as well as community beach cleanups. 
- [The Ocean Plastic Problem](https://oceanlegacy.ca/the-ocean-plastic-problem/): Model results estimate the global number of floating plastic pieces to be:
- [Education & Research](https://oceanlegacy.ca/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 in order to find potential solutions. Knowledge drives innovation, as well as intellectual design and future leaders to help fight the plastic crisis. The Education Pillar provides global access to essential knowledge, opportunities for communities to develop skills, and encourage and support progress for a plastic free ocean.
- [Cleanup & Restoration](https://oceanlegacy.ca/cleanup-restoration/): The OLF has collaborated locally and internationally to clean shorelines and complete research around British Columbia-CAN, Yelapa-MX, Alaska-USA, North Pacific Gyre-Pacific Ocean, Uvita-CR and San Blas-PAN. Volunteers have now removed over 70 metric tons of mixed plastic, foam pollution and Japanese driftage. (2020)
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