Other Resources

Looking for more information on shoreline litter or other ways to help out? We’ve compiled a list of organizations and articles that can help.

Shoreline Litter and Marine Debris

Ocean and Waterway Activities

• Derelict Fishing Gear, from the Sea Doc Society

Smoking Related Activities

• Cigarette Butt Litter
• The Environmental Impact of Cigarette Butt Waste:  Just the Facts
• Cigarette butts toxic to fish, say researchers, CBC News (Nov 20, 2009)
• Cigarette butts toxic to fish, Discovery News (Nov 19, 2009)
• Cigarettes Butts and the Case for an Environmental Policy on Hazardous Cigarette Waste, Novotny, Lum et al. (May 20, 2009)
• Cigarette butts toxic to marine life, SDSU News (May 1, 2009)
• Bird with cigarette “caused fire,” BBC News (Apr 21, 2009)
• Kicking butts, Chicago Tribune (Jun 18, 2008)
• Cigarette Butts as Litter - Toxic as well as ugly? CigaretteLitter.org (Aug 2000)

Additional Information

• Algalita Marine Research Foundation
• 5 Gyres: Understanding Plastic Marine Pollution…
• Global Garbage
• Ocean Conservancy: Start a Sea Change
• Marine Debris in BC Coastal Waters, Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Government Resources

• Global Marine Litter Information Gateway  (UNEP)
• Plastic Debris in the World’s Oceans (UNEP)
• Marine Debris Prevention (EPA)
• Marine Debris Program (NOAA)
• The Problem with Marine Debris (California Coastal Commission)

Other Shoreline Cleanup Programs

• International Coastal Cleanup
• California Coastal Cleanup
• Clean up Australia!
• Project Aware
• The Daily Ocean

Everyday Actions to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

• No Impact Man - A blog by Colin Beavan about what each of us can do to end our environmental crisis.
• My Plastic-Free Life - Think we can’t live without plastic? Think again. In 2007, Beth Terry committed to stop buying any new plastic and has almost succeeded!
• Citizen Green - Sharing ways to reduce consumption of plastic with friends.
• Everyday Trash -  A closer look at what we throw away.

Fun Things (videos, games, interesting information)

• “Garbage Nap” PSA (video)
• Bottle Bank Arcade Machine (video)
• Save Our Marine Life (online game)
• Earth Day Games 
• Pygmy sperm whale “Inky” (video)
• Forever Plastic (CBC documentary)