Vancouver artist turns ocean's trash into treasure. Meet the Pacific Garbage Patch Babies
by The Columbian
The Columbian— For the past year, Vancouver resident Alyn Spector has been letting his garbage pile up. From bread bags and food containers to shopping bags and other single-use plastics, Spector has been setting as
CNET—The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The Floating Islands of Trash Twice the Size of Texas. The Pacific Ocean has two large gyres filled with trash, and it's coming from us.
LASVEGASNOW—Baby’s Bounty expands to meet growing need for services, supplies and more. Baby’s Bounty is getting a new home. The local nonprofit, which provides diapers and other resources to at-risk families, is launching its new facility “Baby’s Bounty Center for Families” to expand its services, supplies, education, and support to the valley.
NBC News—Florida teens seen on viral video dumping trash into ocean from a boat turn themselves in. Two Florida teens seen in a viral video dumping trash into the Atlantic Ocean from a boat turned themselves into authorities on Friday and face a felony pollution charge, according to officials and court records. The suspects, a 15-year-old from Gulf Stream and a 16-year-old from Boynton Beach, are charged with one count each of causing pollution, so as to harm or injure human health or welfare, animal, plant, or aquatic life or property, according to arrest reports filed by the Florida Fish and...