First of all, a huge THANK YOU to O, Miami for having us today!! It was such a great way to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day.
And, thank you to everyone that participated! We loved sharing a part of our world with you, and we can’t wait to see the poems you submitted. If you haven’t submitted them yet, email them here to be added to the O, Miami archive.
Thank you.
As promised, here are some links to the things we blabbered on and on about during the workshop. We organized them a bit to make it easier hunt through and share.
Our Links
- Our article “Shifting the Paradigm of Disposable Plastics” was originally published on the Key Biscayne Citizen Scientist site.
- Our (soon to be updated!) Shop can be found here.
- Our social media accounts can be found on Facebook and Instagram.
Our Inspiration
- We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Sun of a Beach Cleanup. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the world’s best plastic farmer!!
- Fill A Bag, another nonprofit operating under the Key Biscayne Community Foundation, can be found here.
- Precious Plastic gave us the foundation for our latest machines, and they have created an amazing network of plastic recyclers.
Other Recyclers
- Pentatonic’s product line & mission.
- Rice University transforming plastics into graphene.
- Licella is turning plastic into oil.
- Bordalo II’s Instagram and one of their pieces in Miami.
- TC Trash Art’s Instagram.
State & Local News Articles
- Local10: In South Florida, more and more recycling is landfill bound
- WLRN: Price Of Recycling Skyrockets In Broward County, And One City Isn’t Paying
- Scientific American: Can Robots Help Pick Up after the Recycling Crisis?
- WLRN: A Tale Of Too Much ‘Wishcycling’: A Look At Miami-Dade’s Low Recycle Rate
- CNN: 633 divers collect over 1,500 pounds of trash at a Florida beach — and set a world record
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (National Institute of Health): Landfill Reclamation
And finally, here is part of what we recycled today during the workshop!
785 grams (1.7 pounds!) of polypropylene from local beaches and our community.
