5 Gyres - Understanding Plastic Pollution Through Exploration, Education, and Action

Walking along the boardwalk in Mumbai, the mangroves along the water's edge are awash with plastic.  Who is responsible?  So often we blame the citizen for littering, but stopping litter is only one part of the solution. Littering…

“Slow down,” his father had told him gently.  “Use your nose, mouth, and your ears, not just your measuring scales.  Tap the metal scrap with a nail.  Its ring will tell you what it’s made of.  Chew the plastic to…

Just yesterday, Concord Massachusetts became the first town or city in the US to ban the sales of single-use plastic water bottles.  Though PET (the plastic used to make soda and water bottles) has the best recovery rate of any plastic…

“Why are all those people camping out on the side of the highway?” I ask the driver.  There are at least a hundred thin, dark-skinned, mostly women wrapped in colorful saris, pouring tea from ornate kettles, or washing clothes, tending…