Paddle Out Plastic

What’s happening? Too little change. Week after week retrieving plastic litter from the water. 2500 pieces this paddle, all on their way to open ocean.
#banstyrofoam #banswork
#reducesingleuseplastic
#makeitstop

Only 5% of plastic is recycled in the US. We need upstream solutions that take us back to days when we didn't generate SO MUCH TRASH, not to mention days when we weren't filling our aquatic environments with wildlife-killing #plastic pollution #timeforaction @EPA #reuse #refill

Fish rescue! Found it w/ hook in mouth attached by short monofilament to sinker+bobber (p2) Cut w/ needle nose pliers (p3) Set it free (p4) Saved other species from swallowing fish+hook
TBH we know we’re saving fish and other species every time we #PaddleOutPlastic #ghostgear

All from the water All one morning 2,420 pieces of almost all plastic Largely single-use plastic
EPA tackle low-hanging fruit NOW, such as banning styrofoam food ware, that ghastly menace for which there are alternatives
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#banstyrofoam #plastic #pollution

Also really difficult to remove plastic trash from coral without damaging the coral.