Fiji Joins CAPP Program as Flagship Nation
In a world of growing environmental concerns and challenges, the Commitments Accelerator for Plastic Pollution (CAPP) is a new global...
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NEWS
- Nov 9, 2020
Dried Ocean Podcast
Listen in on a great podcast with Marcy Trent Long, on her show Trash Talk in Hong Kong on RTHK Radio 3. Though this discussion focuses...
- Oct 30, 2020
Companies Failing to Make Commitments
Consumer goods companies with commitments to use more recycled plastic need to do more to support a recycling sector that is in danger of...
- Oct 12, 2020
SpyHop Facewear SCMP
Doug Woodring is making two statements with his face mask that’s emblazoned with images of great white sharks. First, he’s encouraging...
- Oct 5, 2020
The Plastic Pandemic
From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap for online shopping has surged. Since...
- Jun 16, 2020
Anant Fellowship Webinar
Thanks to Anant University and the Anant Fellowship for putting on a great global webinar on the Recovery of the Ocean, and how people...
- Feb 14, 2020
The Point with Doug Woodring
"Some people always introduce me as an activist, and I say that's not the right word at all.” In this episode of The Point with Doug...
- Feb 7, 2020
All You Can Eat - Plastic Buffet
The issue of marine litter has finally become “household” discussion around the world, helped by images of all types of ocean wildlife...
- Feb 4, 2020
Plastic Buffet: Both China and the U.S. Have the Opportunity to Innovate on Plastic
China’s leadership as a recycler for much of the world’s materials was curtailed in early 2018 with a strong ban on the import of...
- Jan 26, 2020
The Soul of Business - Saving our Ocean
Join Claressa Monteiro, as she speaks to Douglas Woodring, Founder of Ocean Recovery Alliance about the environmental problems our oceans...
- Dec 18, 2019
A sculpture made from recovered ocean plastic waste and steel support, “Skyscraper” (The Bruges Whal
A sculpture made from recovered ocean plastic waste and steel support, “Skyscraper” (The Bruges Whale) has begun its Asian Migration Tour...
- Dec 1, 2019
We Join Together for a Clean, Healthy Village
Siem Reap: On the morning of December 1st, 2019 in Siem Reap province's Khum Khleang Khnum Commune, Siem Reap province, organized a...
- Sep 8, 2016
Designers and Plastic Experts Unite
How can product designers help in reducing plastics waste, in a world where less than 15% of all plastic ever produced gets recycled...
- May 17, 2015
Build Effective Public-Private Alliances
Here’s how environmental leader Doug Woodring builds and maintains alliances between community organizations, business and government to...
- Aug 10, 2014
Take the Global Plastic Deposit Challenge
A huge economic opportunity awaits companies that embrace a global plastic bottle deposit system, writes environmental entrepreneur Doug...
- May 27, 2014
Plastic Pollution Solutions
Innovation and collaboration in a material world could yield billions of dollars in revenue through recycling efforts. Did you know that...
- Sep 12, 2011
The Great Garbage Patch exposed
To become 'becalmed' when sailing could be considered a curse, or is at very least an inconvenience. After eight days and 1500 kilometres...
- Apr 14, 2011
Drifters Could Monitor Ocean Radiation From Japan
Marine scientists say they are concerned about radiation spewing from the crippled Japanese nuclear plant even though they expect it will...
- Apr 13, 2011
Animation Shows Path of Japan Debris Flow
Researchers studied the paths of ocean buoys to create a model that represents the projected path of debris created by the tsunami in...
- Apr 11, 2011
Cars, whole houses and even severed feet in shoes: The vast field of debris from Japan earthquake an
A vast field of debris, swept out to sea following the Japan earthquake and tsunami, is floating towards the U.S. West Coast, it has...
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