Tammy Bleier

Rochester, NY

Tammy graduated from University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2014 with a B.S. in Marine Biology, and has worked with Plastic Ocean Project on a myriad of ventures. But, after learning that three million pounds of plastic enter Lake Ontario every year, Tammy decided to focus her efforts on preventing and reducing plastic pollution in her hometown, Rochester, NY. She is currently working with the community to raise awareness on this issue through outreach and beach sweeps. She hopes to start a local division of POP, Plastic Lakes Project, which will address freshwater systems (they all drain to the ocean after all!). This fall, Tammy will begin her masters in Environmental Science & Ecology at SUNY Brockport, researching the impacts that plastic pollution is having on Lake Ontario.