Learn 5 simple tips for reducing your grocery shopping waste. From choosing sustainable products to refusing packaging, you can enhance your environmental stewardship by shopping intelligently.
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Learn more about the state of microplastics in the world, including how many fragments are currently in our oceans and how much plastic enters the environment each year.
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This year, Keep Pinellas Beautiful will be partnering with the Ocean Conservancy to host the 35th Annual ICC during the month of October. We love this event because it gives our participants the chance to become citizen scientists, and this year it’s all about grassroots efforts by volunteers like you.
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When you think of items breaking down in the environment, you might picture food waste or plant material slowly decomposing into its component parts and providing food for bugs, worms, and bacteria. Plastic in the environment doesn’t react like that. Current scientific research indicates that plastic will never fully decompose; instead, plastic will keep breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces called microplastics.
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We’re so proud of everyone who’s participated in #PickUpPinellas so far! In celebration of what you’ve achieved, we’d like to highlight the program and its participants as of today.
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Learn 4 easy ways to change your habits and reduce waste in your daily life, including how to recycle in Pinellas County and when to choose reusable items.
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Keep Pinellas Beautiful wants to teach you to recognize littering behaviors, help you understand why litter is dangerous, and empower you to take action against it.
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As some of you may know, Keep Pinellas Beautiful is in partnership with Kids Saving Oceans (KSO), an organization run by eight-year-old Miles (with a little help from his moms!) which focuses on ocean conservation. Recently, Miles partnered with author Tori McGee and illustrator Kate Zotova to write a book called Kids Saving Oceans: Olivia Makes a Difference, the proceeds of which benefit KPB!
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Here you’ll learn more about KPB, plus topics like beautification, waste streams, microplastics, and DIY projects you can do at home to create a more sustainable lifestyle.
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