We all know how environmentalists feel about the distribution of plastic bags, and we have read many reports containing figures about plastic bags. Respected environmentalist authorities such as Tree Hugger, Save Our Shores, and Texas Campaign for the Environment, share facts such as 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed and discarded annually worldwide, and of those, 380 billion … [Read more...]
Reusable Shopping Bags A Better Choice
November 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In 1994, Charles Moore founded the Algalita Marine Research Foundation (AMRF) in order to research the reasons for the disappearing giant kelp forests in the Pacific ocean and to improve the water quality through the preservation and re-construction of wetlands along the California coast. In 1997, while returning to California from Hawaii aboard his catamaran, named the Alguita, he chose to chart … [Read more...]