The following quotes are from the Algalita Marine Research Foundation
“Use of plastic materials reached approximately 100 kg per year per capita in North America and Western Europe in 2005 and is expected to increase to 140 kg by 2015.”

“Every year large amounts of plastic debris enter the ocean, where it slowly fragments and accumulates in [...]

The following is quoted from http://www.midwayjourney.com/ in support of their documentary film and incredible activism.
“We are at a mid-way place. On a remote and isolated island in the middle of the Pacific, twelve-hundred miles northwest of Hawaii.
This is a moment in time, a chance to witness and understand our role in an astonishing environmental tragedy. [...]

Click HERE to visit the fantastic, user-friendly website developed to promote practice of the 3R’s – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
“Give a second life to items in good condition by using the on-line posting board to list items that you no longer want, or to look for items that someone else no longer needs.”
Check out the “recyclopedia” [...]

“Take Pride Winnipeg!” is targeted to children to educate them on plastic shopping bags.  The book follows Timmy’s journey from the factory through the rest of his lifecycle.  The book lists facts and includes activities for classroom discussion.
For more information click HERE.

(photo credit to the included link)

A follow up on the “Trash Your Friends” campaign by Heal the Bay…
“The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 3 – 1 to approve a sweeping single-use plastic bag ordinance. With this historic and far-reaching decision, L.A. County becomes the largest municipality in the U.S. to adopt a plastic bag ban for its 1.1 [...]

Sioux Lookout is the first community in Ontario that can proudly say they are making the greatest effort to reduce plastic bag distribution. On September 15th, 2010, five of seven Council members voted in favour of a ban on the free distribution of single use plastic shopping bags in the Municipality of Sioux Lookout.
Mayor Kathy [...]