July 29th With news of Pensacola eliminating/charging for recycle

thought it would be good to remind people about one use refillable water bottle versus..

“The MVP of the recycling system, polyethylene terephthalate is marked with a 1 inside the looping arrows. PET is used to make soda and water bottles, other bottles and containers for everything from mouthwash to peanut butter, as well as some types of plastic toys. It's the perfect material for recycling easily cleaned, lightweight, can be turned into transparent plastic-and is the most-recycled plastic in the world. For this reason, we're ranking it the least-least recyclable material-you're welcome, PET!

But careful! Just because PET is ultra-recyclable doesn't mean it's sustainable. Only 30% of plastic bottles are recycled in the U.S., and most of those bottles aren't made into other bottles but are "downcycled" into lower-quality items-most of which can't be recycled again. And since the recycling process degrades the quality of the plastic, even if these bottles are made into new ones, there's only so many times you can recycle one Coke bottle before it's downcycled into an item headed for a landfill.”

Two sites on the east end of Pensacola Beach saw 20 volunteers brave the heat to pick up 143 lbs of trash from the parking lots at Park East & Dog Park East. Brings July total to 1,927 lbs!

July 8th You can help reduce plastic pollution by the choices you make!

“The first step is to eliminate unnecessary plastics, such as excessive packaging, the Guardian said. Then next steps are to increase the reuse of plastics, such as refillable bottles, boosting recycling and replace plastics with greener alternatives”. Described in the article “Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040”

OceanHour is doing its part by applying for three water bottles fill station for Gulf Breeze. Also applying for an Impact 100 grant for water bottle fill stations and solar compactors in Pensacola

OceanHour has a dolphin with aluminum cans, ADOT has Canadian Geese with plastic bottles as does India’s fish!

This past weekend, 25 volunteers picked up 462 lbs of trash at Chimney & Bay Bluffs Park