Campers at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center
made Sea Creatures out of plastic waste for us to bring awareness about
the effects of plastic in our oceans.

Did you know? …. An estimated 11 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean every year (that is more than 20 billion pounds)! This is in addition to the estimated 200 million metric tons already circulating in our marine environments!

Anyone wishing for additional resources and other actions you can take check out these websites and organizations:

The Store of Stuff Project:

Some of their campaigns include:

• Bring Back Refills

• Bottle Deposit

• Plastic-free National Parks

Ocean Conservancy:

Initiatives they are working on that you might be interested in include:

• Fighting for Trash Free Seas

• Global Ghost Gear (Discarded Fishing Gear)

• Urban Ocean (Building Clean, Healthy Cities for Clean, Healthy Seas)

NOAAs Marine Debris Program:

• They have programs for specific regions of the world, including the Pacific Northwest

• Funding opportunities available for projects

• Educational resources

• An information hub on Abandoned and Derelict Vessels and many other ways to help

Thank you to the Port Townsend Marine Science Center for this plastic-free collaboration. To learn about the programs they have please visit: https://ptmsc.org/