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Don’t even think about trashing that plastic milk bottle instead of recycling it. In fact, don’t get a one-use bottle in the first place. What goes around, comes around.… Read the rest

If you’ve yet to see the 2011 Academy Award nominated documentary film, Waste Land, you can, at the very least, check out the trailer here. It follows artist Vik Muniz to the world’s largest landfill, Jardim Gramacho, just outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The film teeters between artist’s experiment… Read the rest

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is a non-profit environmental group based in the U.K. that focuses on protecting the country’s oceans, waves and beaches so that people may safely experience them for years to come. SAS was founded in 1990 by a group of surfers “sick of getting sick” from sewage… Read the rest

Chad Pregracke is on a serious mission to get things out of the Mississippi River that don’t belong there. Since 1998 his non-profit, Living Lands and Water, has organized clubs, groups and ordinary citizens to haul trash and other debris off the shoreline of the Quad Cities near his home… Read the rest

If this video doesn’t make you sick (or make you cry) then you might want to check your pulse. Our plasticized world needs to be cleaned up–now.
Start by checking the Surfrider Foundation’s website under the section about how we (and future generations) are to go about the solution to… Read the rest

In March, Atayne received the last bit of funding from the Maine Technology Institute necessary to begin development on their next item of eco-friendly literally made-from-trash apparel.
The last time we told you about Atayne, they were seeking your opinion regarding the design of their new bike jersey. Well, they… Read the rest

Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
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Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
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Just a short while after H&M and Walmart were outed for their wasteful practices involving old clothes (read: they dump them in the trash), Borders is doing something similar with unsold books.
After the announcement that 200 Waldenbooks stores will be closing by the end of January, employees spoke out… Read the rest

Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
Discovery: The Atlantic Garbage