What Plastic Actually Does
The explaining, which the work makes unavoidable: plastic does not disappear, it becomes microplastic; the world produces more than 400 million tonnes of it a year; what a rope does to a bird; which animals live along the coast being cleaned. "I still remember the first time I found an animal k*lled by plastic pollution. A bird's skeleton on the rocks, its beak bound shut by a piece of plastic."
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28 moments in this segment.
- - It’s always nice to enjoy the result after a beach cleanup, but then…. ’s also sad that we can’t get it all, like the small pieces of microplastics, that gets stuck in the grass and down in the ground. @miljofondet @miljodirektoratet @holdnorgerent #beachcleanup #strandrydding #helgeland #helgelandskysten #norge #seiling #sailing #ocean #marinelitter
- - BEACH CLEANING TECHNOLOGY Ever since we established In The Same Boat…. 5 years ago, our main goal has been to develop the far most efficient ways to clean beaches. Now we also use advanced tracking technology for our beach cleaners, not only for safety purposes, but to make exact statistics for where we find plastic pollution. At the skippers helm or at our operation central, we are able to follow each beach cleaner in realtime, and with a simple user interface, the beach cleaners can register the exact location for every bag of trash collected, and for depots that are ready for pickup. There is also an SOS-function in the tracker, fo
- - HVORFOR RYDDER VI STRENDER?. 3 av 4: Redusere mengden mikroplast i næringskjeden I denne artikkelen forklarer Vivien Lopez, frivillig i In The Same Boat, hvordan mikroplast er skadelig for mennesker og dyr: https://www.inthesameboat.eco/2023/02/protecting-ecosystems-from-microplastics/ Ved å rydde strender fjerner vi makroplast, altså store plastobjekter, FØR de brytes opp til å bli mikroplast. Når plasten blir til mikroplast, altså objekt mindre enn 5mm, er den i praksis umulig å fjerne fra naturen. Mikroplast som spises av fisk, fugl og dyr ender opp i næringskjeden og vil dermed også ende opp i maten til mennesker. I n
- - Our Ocean Health Expedition with Van Oord and friends had a stop at…. #Bris #Oceanhealthexpedition #oceanhealth #plasticpollution #beachcleanup #marinelife #climatecrisis #beachcleaning #microplastics #microplastic #marinlife #trashmemes #marinelitter
- - 9 days of picking on Værøy resulted in 5360 kg of trash💥 The Ocean…. ⛵ Thank you for making this journey possible🤝 @vanoord_official @multibrightbv MarLog, Skipavika, Ocean Health #værøy #beachcleaning #vanoord #marlog #skipavika #multibright #oceanhealth #norway #marinelitter #Bris #Oceanhealthexpedition #oceanhealth #plasticpollution #beachcleanup #climatecrisis #beachcleaning #microplastics #microplastic #marinlife #hellotrash #marinelitter
- - We will bring the trash back to its owners!. ! Crate Expectations project! #oceanhealth #plasticpollution #beachcleanup #marinelife #climatecrisis #beachcleaning #microplastics #microplastic #marinlife #hellotrash #marinelitter #adventure #norway #norwaynature
- - Are you curious where the trash we collect comes from?. ! Conveniently, a major piece of ocean rubbish we find are fishing crates, labelled with business names, telephones, and emails. Can you recognise any places out of this stack that we’ve collected in just a couple of weeks? This November, we’ll be sailing down the coast of Norway and across to the United Kingdom to make contact with these fishing companies whose crates we have found. We aim to build constructive relationships, close collaboration and to develop ocean litter reduction strategies to ensure the health of our oceans. All of our crate data we collect c
- - We’re unloading 1350 kg marine litter from the workboat Bruce!. ! picked by @strandryddere at Fugløyværet in Norway #oceanhealth #plasticpollution #beachcleanup #marinelife #climatecrisis #beachcleaning #microplastics #microplastic #marinlife #hellotrash #marinelitter #adventure #norway #norwaynature
- - The adventure of In the same boat. #oceanhealth #plasticpollution #beachcleanup #marinelife #climatecrisis #beachcleaning #microplastics #microplastic #marinlife #hellotrash #marinelitter #adventure #norway #norwaynature
- - One of the challenges of being a beach cleaner is how the plastic…. ! #oceanhealth #plasticpollution #beachcleanup #marinelife #climatecrisis #beachcleaning #microplastics #microplastic #marinlife #hellotrash #marinelitter #adventure #norway #norwaynature @holdnorgerent @miljofondet
- - A day of fighting microplastic, with ocean health expedition. #Bris #Oceanhealthexpedition #oceanhealth #plasticpollution #beachcleanup #climatecrisis #beachcleaning #microplastics #microplastic #marinlife #hellotrash #marinelitter
- - Myken, in total a team of 14 volunteers moved 7 ton of depots in one…. ! Still we had to go back the next day to pick up more marin litter. The depot on the picture is 2,5 ton on Finnøya. #oceanhealth #plasticpollution #beachcleanup #marinelife #climatecrisis #beachcleaning #microplastics #microplastic #hellotrash #marinelitter
- - Som highlights form the voyage across the North Sea, to meat up with…. ! #Bris #Oceanhealthexpedition #oceanhealth #plasticpollution #beachcleanup #climatecrisis #beachcleaning #microplastics #microplastic #marinlife #hellotrash #marinelitter
- - Surveillance Areas Update in Nordland 🌊 Our team in Vega, as part of…. 2-3 times a year for the next five years, with each session meticulously weighing the collected marine litter. As this was our first surveillance cleanup, there was still a significant amount of old litter, totaling 102 kg in Lånen, 558 kg on Søla, and 53 kg on Gangarøya. In addition to weighing the trash, we’re taking it a step further by sorting and counting the litter from each site. Th
- - Did you know expedition does school presentations?. Did you know #oceanCARE expedition does school presentations? This week #oceanCARE went to @krokeide.skole and had a workshop with children ranging from 8 to 12 years old. Our #oceanCARE expedition stands for: Cleaning beaches, Awareness building, Research and Engagement. Meeting young people is an essential part of creating awareness on the topic of marine litter. Through an interactive beach cleaning game as well as photos and videos of our work, we successfully caught the kids' interest during the workshop. This way the kids started discussing solutions to the big challenge of marine litter. If you are a teacher, parent or studen
- - We have been to the most remote places of northern Norway this year…. ! #leavenotrace #forfuturegenerations #cleanplanet #preservenature #naturelovers #inthesameboat #protectthearctic #marinepollution #oceancare #c
- - The Live team started out the season strong and in April alone…. 70 524 metres of coastline 💪🏼🌍 That’s 70 524 metres of trash-covered coastline no longer polluting our ecosystems or threatening wildlife, and us. But there is still more work to be done! Our sailboat, Live, will cleaning around Stavanger this season so make sure to follow along and see all of that the team will get done ✨ A mission for @rydd_i_tide @handelensmiljofond #beachcleanup #natureconservation #environment #marinelitter
- - Our new podcast episode is out NOW 🎙️ In this month’s episode,…. & Zamira discuss, among other things, what she has found researching microplastics, the threat that microplastics poses to our environment, and she shares with us some useful tips on how we can minimize our exposure to it. Make sure you follow her on instagram @dankazh and download her new app ¨Microplastic Free¨. We hope you
- - It is - in fact - crucial!. ! 🤪 I have joined Norway largest beachcleaning NGO back in 2020 - meaning I am soon to enter my 7th year of fighting plastic pollution ahhh 😱😍 What a journey ‘tis been - this work truly shaped my life. So so grateful I stumbled upon this crazy crew - that currently cleans 10% of the world´s coastline!!! Wowza! #ForTheOceans #Ocean #Norway #Environment #Surfer #SurferGirl #PlasticPollution #ClimateAction
- - I mean, how strange is it that we can go to Mars, split atoms and…. “intellectual” species, I think it’s about time we prove it. To look after what holds us. If you’re reading this, you’re already here 🫶What you do next matters. - 🎥: @rodrigo_mp___ @maxsc123 #environmentalism #ocean #surfer #noplanetb #janegoddall
- - Protecting the environment comes with many challenges, and at In The…. 😅 Our crew at our sailboat Driva was stuck in Bergen waiting for a good weather window to cross from Norway to Orkneys and conduct our annual OceanCARE expedition. This expedition aims clean and protect ecosystems, wildlife, and remote coastal communities from marine litter while engaging and inspiring people to live in harmony with nature. Follow along to see our crew’s adventure! 🚨Spoiler alert the crew made it to Orkney so you won’t to miss how their trip went ⛵️ #crossing #northsea #sailing #ex
- - Crossing the North Sea pt.. 4: The arrival ⛵️ After a challenging crossing, our team Driva finally arrived in the Orkneys to conduct the OceanCARE expedition. This expedition aims to document marine litter, carry out beach cleanups, run educational events, and connect with the local community 💙🌍 We are on a mission to create cleaner coasts, healthier ecosystems, and safe futures for wildlife and coastal communities 💪🏼 Follow along for more updates on the expedition! #inthesameboat #sailing #northsea #crossing #oceancare
- - Our first week in Orkney, Scotland for our oceanCARE expedition 🌍💙…. 🌍💙 After a demanding crossing (watch our North Crossing vlogs to see how it went) the team final reached these remote shores with a clear mission: to help clean and protect remote coastlines. We’re proud to be collaborating with the Scottish Island Federation to bring this work to life. OceanCARE- Cleaning, Awareness, Research, and Engagement- is more than a framework; it’s a model we’re actively putting into practice every day on this expedition. Beyond removing harmful waste from coastlines, this journey is about amplifying awareness, within local communities and far
- - Isn’t the fact that we all share the same planet reason enough to care?. ’s benefit and the fern that protects the soil, humans also need to do their part in caring for our lands and seas. I fear, that we have become so disconnected to nature and ourselves, we don’t even understand what
- - Last week our Live Team had a Plastic Free Seafood Mission 🌊🐟…. 🌊🐟 Magnus, a local fishermen contacted the team to ask for help disposing of some gill nets. We ended up retrieving 800 kgs of gill nets. If the gill nets would have ended up in the ocean it may have taken years to retrieve them and they would’ve endangered wildlife and ecosystems. It’s essential to provide proper waste management in coastal communities that are remote and not have proper access to dispose of their waste. We are happy to have been able to help Magnus and welcome him as our newest member of the our Plastic Free Seafood Campaign! Learn more about our campaign
- - There is an inspiring person behind every piece of trash that we…. ✨ Live is the first sailboat we ever had, she has been with us since In The Same Boat started in 2017. She is a 38 foot Beneteau who is operating in Southern Norway ⛵️ The Skippers: Runa: Fun fact! She is a lover of extreme sports having done 172 jumps skydiving. Maren: Fun fact! Spent months solo sailing the Norwegian coast aboard her own sailboat. The Volunteers: Alexis: Fun fact! Despite all odds, she can lick her own elbow Rachael: Fun fact! Lived in her small car in Canada for 7 months (met many bea
- - If this trash was polluting your backyard, would you leave it there?. 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, and only 9% is recycled. So where does the rest go? Much of it ends up in landfills, the ocean, or washed up along our coastlines. We’ve become so used to seeing litter in cities that we almost expect it. But when you find the same pollution on a remote, uninhabited island surrounded by wildlife, it becomes very clear that this does not belong here. Just because we don’t see it every day doesn’t mean it’s not our problem. For our crews at In The Same Boat, this is the reality that we face every s
- - Plastic doesn’t disappear - it just becomes microplastic.. ’t. Instead, it breaks down into ever-tinier fragments, microplastics, until it’s impossible for us to remove from nature. It doesn’t vanish; it just becomes invisible. #inthesameboat #plasticpollution #marinelitter #microplastics
