Plastic Waste on Beaches II
I’m attaching a link to a Google Document I created with my updated “Plastic Waste on Beaches II” data and writing. The figures might not come in but if you’re curious, let me know! Beach Survey Data Writing
Month: February 2010
SPI
In case you were wondering (because I was), SPI stands for the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. These guys came up with the resin identification code (in 1988, a great year)! I have been wondering about this ever since I got interested in plastics and finally found an answer. You might have seen these…
Plastic is everywhere!
Sundays are never fun-days. But since my capstone is awesome, it turned out to be a not-so-bad day after all. I’m posting the titles of the articles I read today, with a little description of each, followed by a quick conclusion. I’ll be adding this info to my Plastic Debris on Beaches section tomorrow. Papers:…
Plastic Waste on Beaches
After looking through the papers I’ve read and the notes I’ve written, I realized I have a ton of info about beach debris. Let’s see if I can bang out a couple paragraphs about this issue… Sources used: Debris in the Mediterranean Sea: Types, Quantities, and Behavior by Abraham Golik Distribution, Type, Accumulation, and Source…
Charles Moore TED Talk
This man is my hero: Charles Moore TED Talk
Altered Oceans
LA Times did a series entitled “Altered Oceans.” Five parts in length, each one discussing, through videos, images and text, five different problems facing our worlds oceans today. The fourth in the series was about plastic debris and it’s really sad. Altered Oceans, Part Four
Updates!
WOW. I’ve gone from having a dreary, boring blue header to something more appropriate to the subject material literally overnight…that’s right, 7 In the Ocean got a face lift. All courtesy of my wonderful boyfriend, Craig Winslow (click here) whose idea it was to start this blog in the first place. I’m psyched! I dreamed…
Solution: Stop it at the source…
Interesting article found via Washington Post! The best solution to the plastic problem? Stop the plastic from ever getting INTO the ocean! The Pacific Ocean’s Garbage Patch needs more study
Hypothesis
The question I’ll be posing: How effective are recycling programs at trapping plastic waste from entering waterways and, ultimately, the ocean? Which practices are working and where could improvements be made? My hypothesis: Recycling programs are not completely efficient at keeping consumer plastic waste from the ocean. I will, throughout the next several weeks, be…
So…what’s going on?
To all interested parties – This is my very first blog! I’ve kept various diaries and journals since I was 8 and this is sort of like that, right? Well, the simple answer is yes, but for my purposes, the answer is a little odd. Instead of writing about the mundane details of my life…