Plastic Waste on Beaches II

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…

It’s been quiet on 7 in the Ocean for almost a week now, my apologies! The first draft of my entire capstone is due next week, so tonight through Sunday I’ll be (hopefully) cranking out some writing! Getting started is always the hardest part… In the meantime, check out David De Rothschild and his soon-to-be…

Something I have found while researching the recycling business is that we, the consumers, often have no idea where our recycling goes after it leaves the curb, sorted as we have been told, in corresponding bins. This is something I would like to look into because I, to be honest, have not figured out whether…

It is a beautiful Saturday morning and luckily, a chilly 35 degrees out! Which means I won’t feel guilty for being holed up in the library all day, hashing out my first draft (still). Abstracts are due by Wednesday, and I’ve got mine done (huzzah!) So here it is, a snapshot of what my project…

**Image obtained from Google Images** UMaine is advocating for this method and I’m doing a little research for my paper. I found this review completed by the Container Recycling Institute and just by reading the introduction, it seems there’s a lot of things that need working out before this method will be useful. While proponents…

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…