The plastic ocean project has been a great charity and organization around the Wilmington area that I have been lucky enough to donate to and learn about over the past couple of years. They have a tremendous group of people that work hard each and every day on reaching their goals and helping to save our oceans. I will continue to work closely with this great organization to reach all of the goals they have set for themselves!
I have been associated with Bonnie Monteleone for several years and during the interim I have witnessed unrelenting work and momentous efforts by Ms. Monteleone to educate both factually and scientifically the behemoth problem of plastic waste in our oceans, waterways and roadsides.
Just a few Plastic Ocean Projects facts:
Created a science lab near the University of Wilmington for interns and students to explore the physical and environmental impacts of plastics including studies of various mitigating solutions.
Plastic Ocean Project hosts offshore studies for students to explore the devastating impacts of plastics that collect in the sargassum that is a vital source of food for marine life.
Created jobs for the science lab and organization to run various programs.
Created a program that encourages business to go "Green".
Plastic Ocean Project has participated in countless educational events and venues including a traveling art exhibit.
Created Trees4Trash program resulting in the collection of thousands of pounds of plastic throughout the state of North Carolina with the exchange of one tree planted for every 25 pounds of trash collected. This program has been so successful that other nonprofits have copied the premise using different names.
Plastic Ocean Project is currently working on a documentary "If the Ocean Could Talk," that features the death of a baby Right Whale and the many causes that might have caused its demise. The film will focus on the human contribution and the degrading effects on of the Atlantic Ocean. The documentary will end with solutions to mitigating the crises.
See below:
http://www.plasticoceanproject.org/documentary
I appreciate this opportunity to briefly exemplify Plastic Ocean Project and its worthy recognition.
The Morgan Family Legacy Foundation has been instrumental in funding research Plastic Ocean Project has done on plastic to oil with the hope to create a circular economy from plastic waste. We are working on getting this technology to island nations that have a huge plastic waste problem while having to have fuel shipped to their islands. Imagine reducing plastic pollution and a huge carbon footprint simultaneously. It is through sponsorships like from the Morgan Family Legacy Foundation that these huge strides can and will create the change we want to see in the world.