Turning The Tide On
Plastic Pollution
Single-use plastics are polluting the environments of all living organisms. We now know plastics to be found in every environment on the planet, from the highest mountain peaks to the deepest trenches of the ocean. Today, one third of plastic ends up in our environment as waste. Plastic is a particularly menacing type of waste due to its everlasting nature; plastic never breaks down – instead, it breaks up into smaller and smaller pieces, becoming easier to ingest by marine life and ending up entwined in the food chain.
Bottom line: with the exception of the small amount that has been incinerated, virtually every piece of plastic that was ever made still exists in some shape or form.
We see the devastating effects of single use plastic pollution on Hawaii’s beautiful beaches largely in the form of microplastics. We also know that recycling is not the answer but that luckily for us, being the source of the problem also makes us the source of the solution.
Rise Above Plastics is designed to eliminate the impacts of plastics in the marine environment by raising awareness about the dangers of plastic pollution and by advocating for a reduction of single-use plastics and the recycling of all plastics. Our goal is to educate the public about the detriments of plastic and advocate for a reduction of these single-use plastics that end up in our marine environment.
