Plastic Oceans Canada to partner with ProSanté and their new economically priced bamboo toothbrush SMILE BAMBU
We are proud to offer our branding to an affordable bamboo toothbrush from ProSanté, Inc. now available and selling in Canada FACTS ABOUT the SMILE BAMBU TOOTHBRUSH Available in 5 Packs at Amazon Canada Rethink Plastic 5 Kid Soft Bristle Toothbrushes Rethink Plastic...
SWIM AGAINST PLASTIC: EASTER ISLAND
Raising awareness through a possible world-record swim. February 12, 2019 – MALIBU, Calif., U.S. – Plastic Oceans International and Breathe Conservation, two global nonprofit organizations dedicated to solving the plastic pollution problem, today announced Swim...
Plastic Oceans Canada adds Ocean Champions “A Journey into Seas of Plastic” as an education resource on its website.
This children's book about plastic in our oceans communicates this devastating environmental problem to young children in an entertaining and educational story that empowers them to make a difference by influencing the adults in their lives and by taking action to...
Plastic Oceans Canada to participate in Bea Johnson – Zero Waste Talk hosted by The The Soap Dispensary and Kitchen Staples
The Soap Dispensary and Kitchen Staples is proud to host Bea Johnson, the pioneer of the Zero Waste movement in Vancouver. Her blog and bestselling book, Zero Waste Home, have launched a global movement, inspiring thousands of people throughout the world to live...
Guest post from Tom Szaky – Waste Reduction Week
Guest post from Tom Szaky in promotion of Waste Reduction Week citing Plastic Oceans Foundation Canada as an organization “rethinking plastic” and inspiring behavioral change year-round. Go Circular this Waste Reduction Week, and Beyond Canada’s Waste Reduction Week...
Plastic Oceans to participate in a screening of “A Plastic Ocean” with Ridge Meadows Recycling Society
Plastic Oceans Foundation Canada to participate in the screening of "A Plastic Ocean" with Ridge Meadows Recycling Society – www.rmrecycling.org Monday, October 15 at 7pm at the Maple Ridge Council Chambers – 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC The event will be...
We welcome the following new additions to our team
Plastic Oceans Foundation Canada is pleased to announce recent additions to our team. Tim Stephenson - Ambassador Odessa Ingarfield - Board of Directors Max Wensel - Board of Directors Daniel Rotman - Advisory Panel
Plastic Oceans Foundation Canada supports UpGyres’ PLASTIKA REPARABILIS CHALLENGE
On April 19, 2018, UpGyres launched the PLASTIKA REPARABILIS CHALLENGE to the entire plastics value chain. The Plastika Reparabilis Challenge 'PRC' is a synergistic and symbiotic global crowdsourcing collaboration to eliminate plastic waste before it happens. The aim...
Eliminating the Idea of (Plastic) Waste by Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of TerraCycle
This #PlasticFreeJuly, pledge to see plastic for what it is: nearly-indestructible, highly polluted and far from disposable. The bodies of our smartphones, the synthetics in our clothing, the pieces of our furniture and nearly every aspect of our lives today are...
Tim Stephenson and his students at a Langley BC Secondary School are solving the environmental issue of “Single Use Plastic Bags” by turning them into “Plastic Bricks”
Hello: My name is Tim Stephenson. I teach science in the Vancouver area. I have started a strong plastic pollution awareness program at my school. There is clearly an issue that is trending all over the world…plastic pollution. Where I live in the Pacific Northwest,...