This footage of plastic pollution washing ashore onto Hawaii's remote Kamilo Beach should serve as a call to action for people everywhere. Plastic pollution starts on land, plastic items that we use (often for a short time) make their way to the oceans when they are not managed appropriately. The ocean is downhill from everywhere. Scientists now predict there are over 50 trillion pieces of plastic in our ocean, most of it is microplastic. If the oceans die, we die. Let's put an end to plastic po

Last week, together with Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii, we analyzed 12,000 kg of plastic collected with System 03 in 2024. Our goal is to identify the sources and geographic origins of this debris, and compare data on plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with plastic found on Hawaii’s shorelines. | The Ocean Cleanup