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Plastic Ocean Project looking for community help to replace damaged equipment
An essential piece of equipment called a Microscopic FTIR, is used to determine whether a particle is plastic or organic and was damaged in June 2023. Since then, Plastic Ocean Project has raised nearly $15,000 to fix the damaged equipment. They need to reach $20,000 to repair it and you can support these efforts by donating to POP.
Events
Why Saving the Whales Can Save Us: Wilmington Environmental Nonprofit Offers Free Film Screening
Plastic Ocean Project will offer a free screening of their documentary short film 356 on Tuesday, September 12th at the Charlotte Nature and Rec Center. The film’s focus is on the endangered North Atlantic Right whale and how its future is tied to ours.
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Top-Ranked Global Consulting Firm & Local Nonprofit Tackle Trash at Carolina Beach State Park
On Friday June 9th, Carolina Beach State Park will be getting some TLC from the world’s largest consulting firm-Deloitte. Employee volunteers from Deloitte US are working with the local nonprofit, Plastic Ocean Project for a daylong private cleanup.
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Wilmington Nonprofit Takes Its Message On the Road
The Wilmington-based environmental nonprofit, Plastic Ocean Project, aka “POP,” is taking its message on the road with Operation 356. The mobile eco-education campaign was inspired by the nonprofit’s short documentary film “356,” that’s already been accepted into eight film festivals.
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Team Work Makes the Dream Work! Three Area Environmental Nonprofits Team Up
Cape Fear River Watch, The Cape Fear Group of the Sierra Club and the Plastic Ocean Project joined forces this week to host a cleanup for International Day of Action for Rivers at the Archie Blue Community Park. Around 30 volunteers took part in the cleanup.
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If the Ocean Could Talk, Would YOU Listen?
In 2019, the Plastic Ocean Project began making a full-length documentary film, If the Ocean Could Talk: A Voice for the North Atlantic. The film explores how humans impact marine life, including the severely endangered North Atlantic right whale. Along this journey, the team meets many inspiring “solutionairies”, who share their hope for the future of the oceans.
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Nonprofit Collects Nearly 6 Tons of Trash in 2022 – Receives 6K Grant from Duke Energy Foundation!
The Plastic Ocean Project was awarded a $6,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation in late December to support the Trees4Trash program, which plants one tree for every 25lbs of trash collected.
