Good News Notes: “Each year, 8 million tons of plastic— the equivalent of a garbage truck load every minute — is dumped into the ocean, according to the World Economic Forum. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit engineering environmental organization based in the Netherlands, is attempting to remove as much of that plastic as is feasible. “Our strategy…
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More than 2000 volunteers remove hundreds of bags of litter in Cayman
Good News Notes: “More than 2,000 community volunteers removed hundreds of bags of litter from Grand Cayman’s roads, beaches and coastlines on Saturday 24th April as part of the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce’s annual Earth Day’s clean-up. Now in its 25th year, the Earth Day Clean-up is one of the Chamber’s signature community initiatives, in…
Missoula duo forms nonprofit to haul tons of trash from surrounding woods
Good News Notes: “Luke Jovin and Gennadiy Lemeza have lived in Missoula almost their entire lives, and have always seen trash in the forests where they like to spend time. They usually pick up as much garbage as they can, but last spring during the pandemic they decided to get serious and form a 501(c)(3)…
River Clean Up still set to collect debris, beautify environment
Good News Notes: “Hundreds of volunteers are expected to fan out by land and by sea to collect litter from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 9, when the annual Mississippi River Clean Up La Crosse strives to beat a longstanding record in collecting debris. The 27th annual event will operate with safety guidelines,…
Zac Efron Special to Lead Discovery’s Earth Day Programming
Good News Notes: “Discovery has announced its lineup of programming to celebrate Earth Day on April 22, and it’s lead by an hourlong environmental special featuring Zac Efron and hosted by Vine and Tik Tok star Zach King, TheWrap has learned exclusively. Titled ‘The Great Global Clean Up,’ Efron and King will be joined by…
Cleanup begins for vacant lot in Trenton that had become an illegal dump
Good News Notes: “Volunteers, neighborhood residents and government officials gathered on a cold and windy Thursday morning to mark the beginning of the cleanup of an illegal dumping ground in Trenton. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection joined forces with United by Blue and the East Trenton Collaborative to clean up what once had…
Kill Devil Hills places clean-up baskets at Ocean Bay Boulevard beach access
Good News Notes: “The clean-up baskets were placed at the access in hopes that beach-goers take one with them on their walk, allowing for them to collect any litter found along the way, the town said in a news release. The process is easy: pick up a basket, collect litter, properly dispose of collected litter…
UF IFAS Cedar Key Beach Clean-Up
Good News Notes: “In September of 2019, the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Nature Coast Biological Station had a successful Cedar Key Beach Clean-Up. According to IFAS, the most common item picked up at the last event was tiny plastic, followed by cigarette butts and tiny foam. The organization says, more…
Scientists created a new sponge that could clean up oil spills
Good News Notes: “The secret to cleaning up contaminated water may lie in the cheap, common polyurethane foam used in mattresses. In a study published in the journal Nature Sustainability this week, scientists tested the ability of the material, enhanced with a special coating, to soak up tiny droplets of oil suspended in water. They found…
Non Profit Helps With Beach Clean Up
Good News Notes: “SPI KATS, an island based non profit, helped clean up the beach Saturday. “ “The organization started their fight to protect the environment and beach goers about five months ago.” “The group cleans up on the first and third Saturdays of every month.” View the whole story here: http://www.krgv.com/news/non-profit-helps-with-beach-clean-up/