Paddle Out Plastic

We’re direct action ocean stewards, paddling out plastic from aquatic environments, helping people see what they can't see--a steady stream of polluting plastic

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

@WasteCounter @EPA @PlasticsBeyond @AGRobBonta @FTC @enckj @jbruggers So infuriating. Round and round we go.

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

@CherylAuger3 @ghazarian_anita @Amy_WB @bsteph Thanks for the heads up!

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

What’s happening? Too little change. Week after week retrieving plastic litter from the water. 2500 pieces this paddle, all on their way to open ocean.
#banstyrofoam #banswork
#reducesingleuseplastic
#makeitstop

[Jan Dell🌻The Last Beach Cleanup @WasteCounter]

@PadleOutPlastic @EPA @greenpeaceusa @PlasticsBeyond @PlasticsWar @Plasticsimpact @PlasticOceansUS @BoyanSlat @SierraClub @SurfriderLA @cawrecycles #BansWork

Plastic recycling has always failed & will always fail.

In 1971, 1972…1983…1997…2001…2006…2012…2017…2023…as long as we let the false ♻️ solution live to hoax us another day

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

Only 5% of plastic is recycled in the US. We need upstream solutions that take us back to days when we didn't generate SO MUCH TRASH, not to mention days when we weren't filling our aquatic environments with wildlife-killing #plastic pollution #timeforaction @EPA #reuse #refill

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

@JustinGee69 @PlasticFreeJuly @Plasticsimpact @PlasticsRebel @PlasticsBeyond @PlasticsWar @EndPlasticsNow @RethinkPlastic @genzforchange @NextGenAmerica @brkfreeplastic @FencelineWatch @Fri4Future_PA What is it?

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

@WasteCounter @circulareconomy @plasticsnews Can’t read the article, but the quick bit I saw indicates demand is falling; prices are falling. Seems to translate to what “we” are doing is working.

[Plastic Pollutes @PlasticPollutes]

"Under the green veneer of the government’s renewable energy claims lie controversial, polluting power generators that expose the flaws and folly of the government’s reliance on #RECs to pad its environmental stats."—@reveal 🛑 #PlasticPollutes https://t.co/weIqGgSfaf

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

@CalebRudow @priceyharrison Way to #PaddleOutPlastic 🤙🏽

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

Fish rescue! Found it w/ hook in mouth attached by short monofilament to sinker+bobber (p2) Cut w/ needle nose pliers (p3) Set it free (p4) Saved other species from swallowing fish+hook
TBH we know we’re saving fish and other species every time we #PaddleOutPlastic #ghostgear

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

All from the water All one morning 2,420 pieces of almost all plastic Largely single-use plastic
EPA tackle low-hanging fruit NOW, such as banning styrofoam food ware, that ghastly menace for which there are alternatives
Display frames each 2x3m
#banstyrofoam #plastic #pollution

[Endigit-Us @JustinGee69]

Send plastics back to the companies

#PlasticFreeJuly #PlasticPollution #ClimateCrisis
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow

@PlasticsWar @brkfreeplastic @PlasticsBeyond @BeyondPlastAct @PlasticPollutes @PadleOutPlastic @Plasticsimpact @NoPlasticStraws @peoplexplastic @350

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

Also really difficult to remove plastic trash from coral without damaging the coral.

[5 Gyres @5gyres]

"Volume of debris in the unexplored twilight zone is an ‘emerging threat’ to reefs already stressed by climate crisis, say scientists."

https://t.co/nLQ503r22f

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

@fredsteenbergen @Win_OpenData @BoyanSlat There’s too much. And industry has relied far too long on volunteers to make up for their greed when they fail to internalize all costs associated with their money making activities.

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

@Win_OpenData @fredsteenbergen @BoyanSlat Agree. Somebody should be compensated for what we are doing. Plus source reductions We’d rather be taking photos of wildlife out at sea, than photos of trash in the water and see our efforts as an interim very minor assist with a very major problem.

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

@BoyanSlat Agree we must think of problems as things to be solved, but we must find the cause(a) then evaluate solutions with an eye to finding solutions that don’t create other serious problems including for the environment, which historicallyhas been ignored by industry w/o oversight .

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

@priceyharrison Way to #Paddleoutplastic 👍🏽

[Paddle Out Plastic @PadleOutPlastic]

And just like that

[CalRecycle @CalRecycle]

LAX cuts trash by banning the sale of single-use plastic water bottles and encouraging flyers to fill reusable bottles at terminal water stations. Via @FOXLA #PlasticFreeJuly https://t.co/xz2XH6re8s

[Sierra Club CA Zero Waste Committee @SCCAZeroWaste]

"the L.A. Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a protective fireworks display permit...which requires new best practices aimed at reducing #plastics and other pollution that could fall into oceans or marinas from fireworks displays."
@grace_2e
https://t.co/6abOGkfzSi

[Jan Dell🌻The Last Beach Cleanup @WasteCounter]

📰Good news: REDUCED DEMAND for #plasticpollution packaging in EU is driving polluters to CUT PLASTIC PRODUCTION📉

Let's all do @PlasticFreeJuly force plastic producers to cut production around the world! If we don't buy it, they won't make it!

https://t.co/zr0oC1k3H2