We aren’t in hiding. We didn’t drown in ocean plastics (although it felt like a certain plastic farmer was trying to do just that). We didn’t give up, and we didn’t take a vacation (but wow, does a vacation sound … Read More
Defining “Unrecyclable” Plastics
Recyclable vs Unrecyclable Plastics A lot of our language uses the terms “recyclable” and “unrecyclable”, and those definitions have evolved with Free Plastic since the start of the year. Broward county used to have a rule that only narrow-necked plastic … Read More
World Record Cleanup & Some World Record Plastics
This week you may have seen headlines like this one “633 divers collect over 1,500 pounds of trash at a Florida beach — and set a world record“. Deerfield Beach held that cleanup, and that south Florida beach & pier … Read More
Ocean Plastic & Precious Plastic
We started Free Plastic when a few beach cleanup groups became connected with our for-profit design company. We supported them on social media, helped them with logos & media needs, and then got totally sucked in to their feeds. Day … Read More
Baking Plastic Tiles from Ocean Plastic
Our small batch baking system is working, and after a few quick cuts and passes through the planer, we have a usable material to construct objects out of. This our second attempt: a 3” x 6” x 5/8” plastic tile … Read More