Why not Break the #SingleUsePlastic Habit when you Cross #LISound by ferry? The Cross Sound Deli, on board the Cross Sound Ferry, from New London to Orient Pt. provides paper straws by request only “to protect our oceans, bays, rivers, beaches, and wildlife.” #DontTrashLISound.
Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks, but please don’t give me a straw with my soft drink! Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets, which is close to Flushing Bay, a tidal embayment that empties into the East River and #LISound, has eliminated plastic straws at its concession stands. The stadium provides paper straws upon request. Break the Single-Use Plastic Habit. Please #DontTrashLISound.
Today we are highlighting local businesses that are helping #LISound Break the #SingleUsePlastic habit. For starters, here’s Summer Shack, a seafood restaurant at Mohegan Sun where you can #skipthestraw while getting your tiki cocktail. Watch a #throwback video here: http://ow.ly/v16O50vddzQ More posts to come. Gotta favorite LIS business going #plasticfree. Let us know about it.
The number one item found on #LISound beaches, according to International Coastal Cleanup data, is cigarette butts. Did you know the filters in cigarettes are made of plastic? Port Washington on Long Island’s North Shore is trying a new way to get smokers to stop throwing them on the ground, which can end up in the harbor and the Sound. Please #DontTrashLISound. http://ow.ly/teRk50uZJXR
Long Island Sound communities are doing their share to fix the plastic waste problem on our beaches and #LISound. One county and 17 towns (i.e. cities, villages, and towns), have passed laws to ban single-use plastic bags; another 18 are contemplating similar laws, according to Citizens Campaign for the Environment. Communities are also passing laws to ban Styrofoam packaging, single-use straws, and balloon releases. NY and CT are also starting bans. But you don’t need a law to do your share to Break the #SingleUsePlastic habit. Bring your own bag to the grocery store and your own bag or bottle to the beach. Encourage your neighbors to do the same. #DontTrashLISound.
Each year the Long Island Sound Study develops a Work Plan as part of the National Estuary Program that outlines the work being done with EPA funds to help achieve the goals of the Study’s Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The 2019 Work Plan describes LISS activities planned with 2019 federal funding for Oct. 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2020. It also highlights projects undertaken from Oct.1, 2018 to Sept.30, 2019 with 2018 federal fiscal funds.
Download LISS FY2019 NEP Work Plan to read the document.
Each September and October volunteers comb #LISound beaches for trash. What do they find? Mostly plastic. Seven out of the top 10 items found in local International Coastal Cleanups were plastic items. Break the #SingleUsePlastic Habit. #DontTrashLISound.
In April, Long Beach, a community on Long Island’s South Shore, approved a resolution to ban the release of balloons. Watch a News 12 video on why they did it. Please Protect #LISound wildlife. Break the #SingleUsePlastic Habit. #DontTrashLISound. http://ow.ly/poqq50v6aHK
According to an article in Yale University’s e360 online magazine, some of the most dangerous items seabirds eat are balloons and fragments, which could be made of latex, foil, or plastic. Let’s make sure throw-away plastic does not end up on our beaches and Long Island Sound. Protect #LISound wildlife. Break the #SingleUsePlastic Habit and #DontTrashLISound. http://ow.ly/st6q50uZICm Infographic from @PlasticOceans, a global non-profit organization that addresses the issue of plastic pollution and how it impacts our waters, sea life and humans.
This April, environmentalists from Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ and NJDFW rescued an American Oystercatcher entangled in a fishing line on a New Jersey beach. The plastic monofilament fiber used by anglers can be deadly for many coastal birds. Anglers should look for monofilament recycling bins available at some piers. Read more about the problem on Audubon’s website here- https://www.audubon.org/news/this-common-form-plastic-pollution-menace-birds. See the Facebook post of the rescue here. http://ow.ly/piME50uZHoL Break the #SingleUsePlastic Habit. Protect #LISound Wildlife. #DontTrashLISound.