HRAP will supply color palates of
collected beach plastics for those unable to do so.
The program is free and offers local beach cleanup organizations the opportunity to recycle
collected beach plastic for the first time.
Not exact matches
Recycling company TerraCycle plans to expand its
beach cleanup programs to
collect up to 1,000 tons of
plastic waste globally.
For much of the school year, our students
collected the
plastic shot holders that washed up on the
beach adjacent to our school, three miles north of the gun club.
Another group is
collecting and analyzing
plastic samples from
beaches in the Golden Gate National Parks to discuss the effects of pollution in our water.
When artists Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang had their first date on Kehoe
Beach in Marin County in 1999, they had no idea they both
collected plastic debris and turned it into art.
I created ice lollies filled with
plastic collected from a UK
beach and used them to create a sinister twist to the normal advertising stock images and shot in a studio using different generations to highlight that these issues are growing over time and that the problem we have created will pass on to the young and innocent.
The Atlanta artist used
plastic objects
collected on
beaches as the basis for the 22 sculptural and photographic works in the exhibit.
Between 40 % and 60 % of the waste
collected on
beaches is
plastic, according to the book Green
Plastics by E.S. Stevens (Princeton University Press, 2002).
These designer pieces are handcrafted from up - cycled
plastic bags
collected off
beaches and areas around Bali.
This unique contest challenges participants to
collect one square foot of trash from their
beach or community, and then use that material to create a unique mosaic sculpture using one of the six downloadable templates on the «Rise Above
Plastics Month» website.
The
plastic that was
collected on the Bohuslän
beaches in western Sweden consists largely of various rinse aid and detergent bottles, cans,
plastic buckets, and all kinds of
plastic packaging.
And while you're
collecting, share your
beach plastic recycling photos with us!
Thanks to the help of our collection partners, TerraCycle has
collected over 120,000 pounds of
beach plastic in the last year!
The three companies worked together to put out the world's first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made with
plastic collected from
beaches, rivers and other waterways.
Working directly with NGOs and other
beach cleanup organizations, TerraCycle sources the shipments of rigid
plastics collected through
beach cleanup efforts, capturing these materials for recycling for the first time, at no cost to participants.