An impactful webinar designed to empower open water swimming event organizers with the tools and knowledge to significantly reduce their environmental footprint. With a special focus on combating plastic pollution, this session is set to pave the way for a more sustainable future in open water swimming events.

Hong Kong Friday, 28 March 2014 Ocean Recovery Alliance was proud to be selected as the recycling partner for the HK Rugby Sevens in 2014, with this being the first year that a strong effort has been made by all stakeholders, including the Hong Kong Government, to recycle more of the material from the 3-day event which attracts over 100,000 attendees. ​ The objective this year was to encourage and promote plastic recycling, being the first year that a recycling policy has bee

Lake Tahoe, Nevada Saturday, 14 September 2013 Ocean RecoveryAlliance and the Plastic Disclosure Project have created a partnership with the Tahoe Rough Water swim. This is in order to raise awareness of Lake Tahoe's benefits and in due course highlight how we need to reduce our use of plastic. The swim is a completely PLASTIC FREE event!

USA Saturday, 8 June 2013 Kimberly Sutton and Kacie Wallace are attempting a stand-up paddleboard of 300 miles in a call to get parks and marinas in the area to be PDP compliant. Starting on World Ocean Day, the 8th of June, the women will start their mission to help raise awareness about our marine environment and to protect it from plastics pollution. ​ Keeping the oceans clean means a lot to the women and they are some of the manycitizens of the world who encounter the was

Hawaii, USA Wednesday, 22 May 2013 Pacific Wahine is a team of Hawaii-based women paddlers who compete at an extremely high level who are focused on sustainability and positive social interaction. They share an interest - reducing plastic waste. The girls have formed a relationship with the Ocean Recovery Alliance, and other ocean based programmes, desinged to improve our waters an world. ​ The girls want to ensure that their 'plastic footprint' and those of the people who at

Global circularity and the need for standardized trade of plastic feedstock In 2018, the Norwegian government proposed classifying plastic as potentially hazardous waste under the Basel Convention. Following broad international support, but with only two years of preparation, the Plastic Amendments entered into force in January 2021. Originally established to regulate nuclear waste, and later expanded to chemical and electronic waste, the Convention has since been revised to

For decades, the economics of plastic have been tightly linked to oil. Virgin plastic is produced from petrochemical feedstocks such as ethane and naphtha, meaning its cost rises and falls with fossil fuel markets. When oil prices were low and stable, especially during much of the 2015-2020 period, virgin resin was often so inexpensive that recycled plastic struggled to compete on price alone. That dynamic suppressed demand for recycled resins and constrained investment in

The Prasat Bakong District Administration, in collaboration with the Bamboo Shoot Foundation and the Ocean Recovery Alliance, has chosen 300 families in the Kampong Phluk ecotourism community to serve as environmental role models. District Governor So Platong said the initiative aims to promote cleanliness, proper waste management, and responsible living. Running from November 30 to the end of December 2025, participating families will be assessed, awarded points, and those m

The Ocean is the perhaps the most valuable natural resource, providing half of the oxygen we breathe, a large share of the food we eat and livelihoods to hundreds of millions. Twenty of the world’s 30 megacities , each home to more than 10 million, are located on its coasts and more than 2.4 billion people are expected to be living in coastal settlements by 2050 . Accordingly, with growing discussions about the growth of a “blue economy,” we believe that a proper collabo

The sixth negotiating session of the United Nations Plastics Treaty came to an inconclusive end last month in Geneva. The lack of...