Little things can make a big difference. Take, for example, the simple plastic straw. We all use them, sometimes multiple times a day. You pretty much have to make it a point to say you don’t want a straw in the drive-thru line or at a restaurant. In fact, it is estimated that each day consumers use 500 million straws. That’s enough to fill more than 46,400 school buses each year with straws. Statistics show each person in the United [...]
One person. That’s how many people it takes to make a difference in the health of the ocean, says the Ocean Conservancy, created in 1972 to generate science-based solutions for a healthy ocean and the wildlife and communities that depend on it. The Ocean Conservancy formed International Coastal Cleanup Day, planned this year for Sept. 17. In 2015, more than 18 million pounds of trash were collected from nearshore environments by about 800,000 volunteers. Making the top 10 list of [...]
