Nature Foundation Organizes Second ‘Reduce and Reuse’ Night at Buccaneers Beach Bar

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The Nature Foundation will organize a second Reduce and Reuse night, as due to heavy rainfall previous Reduce and Reuse night attendance was limited. Therefore everyone has another option to learn about the harmful impacts of trash and single-use plastics on the environment and how you can reduce your own single-use plastic output. The evening … Continue reading Nature Foundation Organizes Second ‘Reduce and Reuse’ Night at Buccaneers Beach Bar

MPC High School Students Learn About Impacts of Littering, How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics and Clean-Up Mullet Bay Beach

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Last Friday, the Nature Foundation organized a beach clean-up with students of the Milton Peters College as part of the 'Reduce and Reuse' project. Thirty students removed 186 pounds of trash from Mullet Bay Beach in just half an hour, by using the Trash Tracker method developed by Ocean Cleanup Organization 4Oceans by weighing all … Continue reading MPC High School Students Learn About Impacts of Littering, How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics and Clean-Up Mullet Bay Beach

Nature Foundation Applauds Businesses Switching to Reusable and Biodegradable Alternatives to Single-Use Plastics

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Recently the well-known bar and restaurant Topper’s switched to using only reusable and biodegradable products instead of environmentally damaging single-use plastics. Nature Foundation’s Project Officer Melanie Meijer zu Schlochtern presented the Reduce and Reuse St Maarten project to Staff members of Topper’s, explaining them about the harmful effects of single-use plastics  on our environment, ourselves … Continue reading Nature Foundation Applauds Businesses Switching to Reusable and Biodegradable Alternatives to Single-Use Plastics

Record Amount of Trash Collected During Nature Foundation’s and Corona’s International Coastal Clean-Up Day

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The Nature Foundation St Maarten partnered with Corona to clean up Mullet Bay Beach for International Coastal Clean-up day. About 100 volunteers showed up last Saturday evening to collect a record amount of 1280 pounds of trash! The Trash Tracker method developed by Ocean Cleanup Organization 4ocean has been used to weigh all the collected trash. Corona … Continue reading Record Amount of Trash Collected During Nature Foundation’s and Corona’s International Coastal Clean-Up Day

Nature Foundation Urges Government and Businesses to Reduce Single-Use Plastics as New Research Reveals Link to Climate Change

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The Nature Foundation has repeatedly asked both government and businesses to ban and reduce their single-use plastics dramatically, as, besides the harmful effects of plastics on the environment, recent scientific research found degrading plastics to be a source of greenhouse gases. Researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science … Continue reading Nature Foundation Urges Government and Businesses to Reduce Single-Use Plastics as New Research Reveals Link to Climate Change

Nature Foundation Calls on Businesses to Use Biodegradable and Reusable Products

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The Nature Foundation is calling on all businesses, stores, bars, restaurants, tour operators and event organizers to start using biodegradable and reusable products instead of single-use plastics. Single-use plastic is one of the biggest environmental catastrophes of this generation and a major contributor to the current situation at the Philipsburg landfill. A lot of our single-use … Continue reading Nature Foundation Calls on Businesses to Use Biodegradable and Reusable Products

Nature Foundation Develops Five Easy Steps to Reduce Single-Use Plastic Waste

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The Nature Foundation is kicking off its ‘Reduce and Reuse St Maarten’ project by releasing five easy steps businesses and residents can take to reduce their single-use plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is a global concern that has damaging impacts on human and environmental health. St Maarten is a contributor to this issue as littering and … Continue reading Nature Foundation Develops Five Easy Steps to Reduce Single-Use Plastic Waste

Nature Foundation Launches ‘Reduce and Reuse Sint Maarten’ Project Aiming to Reduce the Island’s Single-Use Plastic Consumption

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The Nature Foundation organized a beach cleanup at Mullet Bay Beach on the 18th of April in order to kick off their new project to encourage residents and visitors to ‘Reduce and Reuse’ their plastic output. About 15 volunteers removed 294 pounds of trash from the beach, using the Trash Tracker method developed by Ocean … Continue reading Nature Foundation Launches ‘Reduce and Reuse Sint Maarten’ Project Aiming to Reduce the Island’s Single-Use Plastic Consumption