City lawmakers in Denver are reportedly considering enforcing a ban on products such as plastic bags. Denver City Council President Jolon Clark said the discussion about plastic bags includes a ban on straws and plastic utensils, according to the local news station, CBS 4. The news station notes that the topic of banning plastic bags came […]

Policies to conserve and enhance beaches, public access, and coastal open space are failing in Hawaiʻiaccording to a recently published study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. A team of specalists in coastal erosion, sea level rise, and urban planning quantified land use on a section of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi coast over the […]

Walkers Crisps has started a recycling scheme following the launch of a petition calling for the company to reduce the amount of plastic packaging that it regularly wastes. With the new recycling scheme, consumers can use collection points that have been placed around the UK to send their crisp packets to TerraCycle to be recycled. The crisp […]

Wow your holiday dinner guests with an eye-catching, nature-inspired gift box centerpiece. Because it’s taller than it is wide, you’ll have plenty of room for a large, festive feast on the table around it. Materials Needed: three packages of sheet moss (available at craft and hobby stores) scissors hot glue gun and glue sticks 1 […]

Researchers say the state is not doing enough to protect our beaches. A study recently published by University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers claims policies to conserve and enhance beaches, public access, and coastal open space are failing in Hawaii. A team of specialists analyzed land use on a section of Windward Oahu from 1928 to 2015. In […]

Trading company employee Ari Fatah has no qualms about picking up plastic bottles from the streets of his Indonesian home town. In fact, he always makes sure to carry a shopping bag that he knows can fit in at least three large-sized bottles. Ari does this so he can catch the bus. A unique aspect […]

Dungog Library is the latest organisation to jump on board to make Dungog the first town in Australia to become single-use plastic free. Single-use plastic bags, bottles, take away coffee cups and straws are the four items that are overwhelmingly used just once and thrown away with the new initiative aiming for the community to “choose reusables” by […]

Create a wintry forest scene for your front door by adding bottlebrush trees and mini ice-skating figures to a foam wreath that’s been wrapped in holiday fabric. Materials 12″ foam wreath fabric strips (in desired pattern) bottle brush trees and bushes scaled miniature ice-skating figurines 1 1/2″-thick ribbon scissors hot glue gun hot glue sticks […]

One man’s effort to bring awareness to pollution brought him all the way to Hawaii from Japan. Ben Lecomte was originally supposed to swim from Japan to San Francisco, but bad weather forced him to make a quick stop in our islands. “My legs are a little shaky. I’m not used to having something stable but […]

Think before buying glittery christmas decorations, a scientist says. Tinsel and glitter can end up in the sea, potentially harming marine life, and ESR scientist Dr  Olga Pantos said shoppers could help. “The majority of decorations now seem to be plastic and a lot seem to be covered in glitter, which rubs off quite easily.” Microplastics, […]