Solution: Stop it at the source…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…