We have been using plastic for over 70 years, but the deadly side effects have only come into forefront recently. From consuming the amount of a lego brick per month to people dying every 30 seconds from plastic related diseases, microplastics are a problem worth learning about. Listen to our RedTalk to learn more ways where you can reduce your plastic usage, and in return help save people and the environment one bottle at a time.
Category Archives: Environment: Microplastics
DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash – Brooklyn Museum
"Death to the Living, Long Live Trash" is an Exhibit in the Brooklyn Museum all about art that was created from reused plastic waste that wa [...]
Tour of SIMS Recycling Center
Karen Napolitano, who is the education and outreach coordinator of SIMS Recycling Center met us at the front entrance and showed us around. [...]
Art Exhibit: ‘Death to the Living: Long Live Trash’
‘Death to the Living: Long Live Trash,’ is an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum organized and created by Duke Riley, a Brooklyn-based artis [...]
The Inner Workings of Sims Municipal Recycling Center:
We went on a tour of the Sims Municipal Recycling Center located in Brooklyn NYC which is a Materials Recovery Facility or MRF. In simple te [...]
Interview with Erica Cirino:
My group and I interviewed Erica Cirino who is the Communications Manager at Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC). She and her team work with 1 [...]
Plastic Pollution Coalition Webinar: Microfibers
I attended a webinar with the Plastic Pollution Coalition on the topic of microfibers. The webinar discussed where and how microfibers are f [...]
“What’s driving you?” – Interview with Ann Blake
We met with Ann Blake on February 15, 2023. Ann is a freelance consultant who has spent the last 30 years looking for solutions that will im [...]
Tour of the SIMS Recycling Center
On February 15, 2023, we traveled to 36th Street on the D train, and from there we walked to the SIMS Recycling Facility on the pier. Since [...]
Death to the Living: Long Live Trash by Duke Riley
On February 17, 2023, we went to the Brooklyn Museum to look at an exhibition related to plastic in the oceans and beaches. The exhibition w [...]
Interview with Ann Blake
On February 15, 2023, we met with Ann Blake, an independent consultant that has been working for almost 30 years trying to find alternatives [...]
Dangers of Single Use Plastics-Interview with Antonia Rocchio and Sherezada Acosta
On February 7, 2023, during lunch and recess, we arranged this meeting with Little Red's science teachers, Antonia Rocchio and Sherezada Aco [...]
Tour of SIMS Recycling Center
We met with Karen Napolitano, who is the education and outreach coordinator of SIMS Recycling Center. We learned that recycling is a very co [...]
Interview with Antonia Rocchio and Sherezada Acosta
On February 7, 2023, we met with Antonia Rocchio and Sherezada Acosta. Antonia Rocchio is the 7th and 8th grade science teacher at LREI. She [...]
Tour of SIMS Recycling Center
On February 15, 2023, we went on a tour of SIMS recycling center to see how the recycling process works. SIMS recycling center is a recyclin [...]
Interview with Sherezada and Antonia
We met with the middle school science teachers Antonia and Sherezada. We learned a lot about microplastics with them, and discussed topics l [...]
Interviewing Erica Cirino from the Plastic Pollution Coalition
Last Friday my group and I had an interview with Erica Cirino who is the communications manager at Plastic Pollution Coefficient. During the [...]
Business Models All About The Environment And Sustainability.
Graydon and I watched Graduate students pitch their business plans in a business competition all about the environment and sustainability. I [...]
Listening In On Bard’s 2022 Disrupt to Sustain Social Impact Pitch Competition Powered by RebelBase
We went to Bard’s 2022 Disrupt to Sustain Social Impact Pitch Competition Powered by RebelBase and learned a lot about people’s strategi [...]
Webinar- Washed Up: The Invisible Threat of Plastic Microfibers
On January 12, 2023, a few of my group members and I joined a webinar about microplastics, specifically microfibers. The webinar had many ex [...]
Interview with Erica Cirino
On January 20, 2023, our group met with Erica Cirino via google meet. Erica Cirino is the Communications Manager of the Plastic Pollution Co [...]
Interview with Erica Cirino
My social justice organization joined a google meet with Erica Cirino, the Communications Manager of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, on Jan [...]
Interview with Erica Cirino
We met with Erica Cirino who is a Communications Manager at the Plastic Pollution Coalition. We learned about microplastics inside of people [...]
Washed Up: The Invisible Threat of Plastic Microfibers
Me and two other members of my group joined a Plastic Pollution Coalition webinar on January 12, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. The subject was how a si [...]
