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Remember to pop those balloons!

May 18, 2016 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

It has been awhile since my last balloon rant, so time for another one! Yesterday, I was walking in my neighborhood and came across these balloons in the street. I’m happy for whoever had the baby girl, but it’s not necessarily something I want to learn about by finding trash. In this case, the person… [read more]

Filed Under: Ocean pollution Tagged With: balloon trash, marine debris, ocean trash, plastic pollution, pollution, trash, trash on the street

A trashy start to July

July 1, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 3 Comments

July started with trash on the streets. In my Los Angeles neighborhood, it’s common practice for people to leave flyers on car windshields. Alas, this advertising method leads to trash everywhere: on the street, sidewalks, driveways and grassy areas. Flyers end up on the ground in a variety of ways. Sometimes the wind catches them,… [read more]

Filed Under: Do Something, Ocean pollution, Say Something Tagged With: marine debris, ocean trash, pollution, trash, trash on the street

One Piece: it all adds up!

July 17, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Yesterday I received something very cool in the mail: a One Piece sticker! What’s that you say? Well, the One Piece sticker is the brainchild of Tom Fucigna, a writer, ocean fan, paddleboard enthusiast, environmental steward and all around cool guy doing whatever he can to help save the oceans and in particular Florida’s coast.… [read more]

Filed Under: Do Something, Ocean heroes, Ocean pollution Tagged With: balloon trash, marine debris, ocean trash, Pacific garbage patch, plastic, plastic bag, plastic pollution, pollution, trash

Dead gray whale ate sweat pants for lunch

April 20, 2010 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

I have heard many stories about the devastating impacts of pollution, how fishing gear entangles and strangles marine mammals, how bits of plastic end up in birds’ stomachs, and how plastic bags are mistaken for jellyfish by turtles. But sweat pants in a gray whale’s stomach?! That is a first. And unfortunately won’t be the… [read more]

Filed Under: Marine mammals, Whales Tagged With: baleen, cetacean, pollution, trash, whale

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