Plastic doesn’t belong in our wild places! A new report by #5Gyres found that nearly 85% of trash recorded in U.S. National Parks is PLASTIC.‼️
The 2025 #PlasticFreeParks TrashBlitz analyzed more than 23,660 pieces of trash ➡️ 5gyres.org/plasticfreeparks!
The 2025 #PlasticFreeParks TrashBlitz analyzed more than 23,660 pieces of trash ➡️ 5gyres.org/plasticfreeparks!
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Plastic doesn’t belong in our wild places! A new report by #5Gyres found that nearly 85% of trash recorded in U.S. National Parks is PLASTIC.‼️
The 2025 #PlasticFreeParks TrashBlitz analyzed more than 23,660 pieces of trash ➡️ 5gyres.org/plasticfreeparks!
The 2025 #PlasticFreeParks TrashBlitz analyzed more than 23,660 pieces of trash ➡️ 5gyres.org/plasticfreeparks!
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The results are in – nearly 80% of U.S. Americans agree that the microplastics crisis requires immediate action.
A nationwide poll by 5Gyres reveals widespread concern about the impact of microplastic pollution & bipartisan support for solutions.
Take action: 5gyres.org/MicroplasticFreeUS
A nationwide poll by 5Gyres reveals widespread concern about the impact of microplastic pollution & bipartisan support for solutions.
Take action: 5gyres.org/MicroplasticFreeUS
July 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The results are in – nearly 80% of U.S. Americans agree that the microplastics crisis requires immediate action.
A nationwide poll by 5Gyres reveals widespread concern about the impact of microplastic pollution & bipartisan support for solutions.
Take action: 5gyres.org/MicroplasticFreeUS
A nationwide poll by 5Gyres reveals widespread concern about the impact of microplastic pollution & bipartisan support for solutions.
Take action: 5gyres.org/MicroplasticFreeUS
Help keep our parks plastic-free! Here’s how:
1️⃣ Sign up for #PlasticFreeParks with 5gyres (5gyres.org/PlasticFreeParks)
2️⃣ Download the TrashBlitz app
3️⃣ Visit any federal land, pick up trash, & submit what you find!
Why? 👇
1️⃣ Sign up for #PlasticFreeParks with 5gyres (5gyres.org/PlasticFreeParks)
2️⃣ Download the TrashBlitz app
3️⃣ Visit any federal land, pick up trash, & submit what you find!
Why? 👇
April 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Help keep our parks plastic-free! Here’s how:
1️⃣ Sign up for #PlasticFreeParks with 5gyres (5gyres.org/PlasticFreeParks)
2️⃣ Download the TrashBlitz app
3️⃣ Visit any federal land, pick up trash, & submit what you find!
Why? 👇
1️⃣ Sign up for #PlasticFreeParks with 5gyres (5gyres.org/PlasticFreeParks)
2️⃣ Download the TrashBlitz app
3️⃣ Visit any federal land, pick up trash, & submit what you find!
Why? 👇
Nonprofit powerhouse, 5gyres, is tackling the global plastic pollution crisis head-on through scientific research, education, and advocacy. Their mission: "More ocean. Less plastic."
#PlasticPollution #OceanHealth
#PlasticPollution #OceanHealth
5 Gyres: Empowering Action Against Plastic Pollution
5 Gyres is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the global health crisis of plastic pollution. Their research focuses on understanding plastics' impact and accelerating science-based solu...
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March 14, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Nonprofit powerhouse, 5gyres, is tackling the global plastic pollution crisis head-on through scientific research, education, and advocacy. Their mission: "More ocean. Less plastic."
#PlasticPollution #OceanHealth
#PlasticPollution #OceanHealth
New #Plastisphere guest episode on bioplastics and plastic alternatives! Lisa Erdle of 5Gyres speaks with Brooking Gatewood of the Indisposable Podcast by Upstream. Listen here: on.soundcloud.com/3sYmYhRhSPKS...
Guest Episode - The Indisposable Podcast: Bioplastics and Plastic Alternatives
You’ve probably heard of bioplastics, these new kinds of plastics that are marketed as environmentally friendly. If you’ve been following this show, you might know the episode from 2019 in which Anja
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February 27, 2024 at 5:06 PM
New #Plastisphere guest episode on bioplastics and plastic alternatives! Lisa Erdle of 5Gyres speaks with Brooking Gatewood of the Indisposable Podcast by Upstream. Listen here: on.soundcloud.com/3sYmYhRhSPKS...
These photos show what happens when a ‘sustainable’ bioplastic fork is dropped in the ocean https://www.fastcompany.com/90982742/these-photos-show-what-happens-when-a-sustainable-bioplastic-fork-is-dropped-in-the-ocean @5gyres
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November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
These photos show what happens when a ‘sustainable’ bioplastic fork is dropped in the ocean https://www.fastcompany.com/90982742/these-photos-show-what-happens-when-a-sustainable-bioplastic-fork-is-dropped-in-the-ocean @5gyres
Just spent the past while scanning for 🔥flares🔥 as part of the @HealthyGulf + @Cartoscope1 cit-sci effort to monitor env damage to Mississippi River petrochem, plastics corridor post-Ida. Join in the effort — link below. @brkfreeplastic @PlasticsBeyond @5gyres w/ @SaraAnnWylie
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Just spent the past while scanning for 🔥flares🔥 as part of the @HealthyGulf + @Cartoscope1 cit-sci effort to monitor env damage to Mississippi River petrochem, plastics corridor post-Ida. Join in the effort — link below. @brkfreeplastic @PlasticsBeyond @5gyres w/ @SaraAnnWylie
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/tyre-compound-driving-mystery-salmon-deaths-identified-after-years-of-chemical-detective-work/4012851.article?fbclid=IwAR19N041pLdTAVu9uXBNATcKY0xDrTbcb-bD43P87dgRulAMJpGSFsBztGk#/ h/t @5gyres cc @KerriArsenault
Tyre compound driving mystery salmon deaths identified af...
Previously unknown substance washes from roads to spawnin...
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November 19, 2024 at 6:27 AM
via @MotherJones" #plasticpollution h/t @5gyres
November 19, 2024 at 10:33 AM
via @MotherJones" #plasticpollution h/t @5gyres
Deepest ever dive finds 'plastic bag' at bottom of Mariana Trench https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/victor-vescovo-deepest-dive-pacific/index.html via @CNNTravel h/t @5gyres cc @michellelegro
Deepest ever manned dive finds ‘plastic bag’ | CNN
An American undersea explorer has completed what is claim...
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November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Deepest ever dive finds 'plastic bag' at bottom of Mariana Trench https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/victor-vescovo-deepest-dive-pacific/index.html via @CNNTravel h/t @5gyres cc @michellelegro
Dear @Snapple — Your marketing team isn’t “reading the room” well. #BeyondPlastic
h/t @upstream_org @GAIAnoburn @5gyres @PlasticsBeyond @enckj @jennie_romer
h/t @upstream_org @GAIAnoburn @5gyres @PlasticsBeyond @enckj @jennie_romer
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Dear @Snapple — Your marketing team isn’t “reading the room” well. #BeyondPlastic
h/t @upstream_org @GAIAnoburn @5gyres @PlasticsBeyond @enckj @jennie_romer
h/t @upstream_org @GAIAnoburn @5gyres @PlasticsBeyond @enckj @jennie_romer
🏭 “The future of oil is in chemicals, not fuels” 🛢Story via Chem & Eng News behind paywall — so could only read first grafs. But headline alone 💥critical.💥 cc @ciel_tweets @ToxicsFree @5gyres @MaxLiboiron @GAIAnoburn @anjakrieger @petemyers...
November 19, 2024 at 1:49 PM
🏭 “The future of oil is in chemicals, not fuels” 🛢Story via Chem & Eng News behind paywall — so could only read first grafs. But headline alone 💥critical.💥 cc @ciel_tweets @ToxicsFree @5gyres @MaxLiboiron @GAIAnoburn @anjakrieger @petemyers...
Twittersphere -- can you tag me on the most bold, mind-blowing, reframing, re-storying, system-smashing, creative work you've seen on #plastics + #plasticpollution prevention. cc @ellenmacarthur @AgentStiv @ChelseaRochman @anjakrieger @MaxLiboiron @ToxicsFree @GAIAnoburn @5gyres
November 19, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Twittersphere -- can you tag me on the most bold, mind-blowing, reframing, re-storying, system-smashing, creative work you've seen on #plastics + #plasticpollution prevention. cc @ellenmacarthur @AgentStiv @ChelseaRochman @anjakrieger @MaxLiboiron @ToxicsFree @GAIAnoburn @5gyres
November 19, 2024 at 2:19 PM
”The #plastics industry fails to recognize the proliferation of social & political changes... bag bans, & society's refusal to accept an inundation of single-use plastic.” Via @Surfrider @ciel_tweets @5gyres
#plasticpollution #climate...
#plasticpollution #climate...
November 20, 2024 at 1:41 PM
”The #plastics industry fails to recognize the proliferation of social & political changes... bag bans, & society's refusal to accept an inundation of single-use plastic.” Via @Surfrider @ciel_tweets @5gyres
#plasticpollution #climate...
#plasticpollution #climate...
Trash in America | A new report from U.S. PIRG Education Fund https://uspirgedfund.org/reports/usf/trash-america#.WoyPjOkGRBM.twitter cc @rznagle @raulpacheco @MaxLiboiron @AlexZahara35 h/t @5gyres #discardstudies #envhist via @uspirg
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November 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Trash in America | A new report from U.S. PIRG Education Fund https://uspirgedfund.org/reports/usf/trash-america#.WoyPjOkGRBM.twitter cc @rznagle @raulpacheco @MaxLiboiron @AlexZahara35 h/t @5gyres #discardstudies #envhist via @uspirg
This is really something. A guide to going #PlasticFree for #lent via @c_of_e: http://www.churchcare.co.uk/images/Plastic_Free_Lent.pdf #PlasticFreeLent h/t @nytimes @5gyres
ChurchCare | The Church of England
We support the people who care for our churches and cathe...
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November 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
This is really something. A guide to going #PlasticFree for #lent via @c_of_e: http://www.churchcare.co.uk/images/Plastic_Free_Lent.pdf #PlasticFreeLent h/t @nytimes @5gyres
Available (only) upon request. @LATimes oped on plastic straws. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-straws-on-request-20180116-story.html h/t @5gyres #plasticpollution #stopsucking #RethinkPlastic
Editorial: Half a billion plastic straws are used and dis...
Every day Americans use — and almost immediately discard ...
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November 21, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Available (only) upon request. @LATimes oped on plastic straws. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-straws-on-request-20180116-story.html h/t @5gyres #plasticpollution #stopsucking #RethinkPlastic
cc @chandachevannes @driftersproject @plasticsoupfoun @RethinkPlastic @PlasticPollutes @5gyres @ToxicsFree @ToxicExpertise @EnviroSocASA
November 21, 2024 at 6:49 PM
cc @chandachevannes @driftersproject @plasticsoupfoun @RethinkPlastic @PlasticPollutes @5gyres @ToxicsFree @ToxicExpertise @EnviroSocASA
Flagging this essay re: global treaty on #plastics. @MaxLiboiron @raulpacheco @EganHistory @5gyres @driftersproject
In which @nsim_berlin proposes a global treaty on #plastics.http://ensia.com/voices/we-need-a-global-treaty-on-plastics-heres-what-it-should-look-like/ via @ensiamedia @SEHNetwork @ToxicsFree @SaferChemicals
We need a global treaty on plastics. Here’s what it shoul...
Plastic garbage fill rivers, float in oceans and soil bea...
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November 22, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Flagging this essay re: global treaty on #plastics. @MaxLiboiron @raulpacheco @EganHistory @5gyres @driftersproject
Anyone in Hawaii? Go celebrate CA's microbead ban - a step in the right direction for our oceans. @5gyres https://t.co/cHgqxV7yVh
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November 21, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Anyone in Hawaii? Go celebrate CA's microbead ban - a step in the right direction for our oceans. @5gyres https://t.co/cHgqxV7yVh