Back in May 2017, a small, dedicated group witnessed a momentous event in Maui County Council chambers: A unanimous vote to restrict the use of polystyrene foam food service wares. The ordinance was years in the making, and marks the second time Maui would take the lead in regulating the proliferation of a single-item plastic commodity. Back in 2010, Maui was the first county … [Read more...] about Maui County Says No to the Foam: What Maui’s Styrofoam ban means, how we got here, and what’s next
Lauren Blickley
Drastic Plastic: What we learned about plastic pollution and Hawaii at the sixth International Marine Debris Conference
It's pervasive, persistent, produced from petrochemicals. It takes many forms and can be found as lightweight Styrofoam packaging, rigid polyvinyl chloride pipes, polyethylene water bottles, high-density polyethylene laundry and milk bottles, nylon ropes and nets and thousands of variations and applications. Look around you and count all the things made of drastic … [Read more...] about Drastic Plastic: What we learned about plastic pollution and Hawaii at the sixth International Marine Debris Conference