Blog
June 29, 2018
Tiny Plastic, Huge Victory
As of July 1st, the final phase of the nationwide microbead ban will take effect, ending the sale of personal care products containing plastic microbeads by retailers. Microbeads are tiny […]
Adopt-a-Beach Team of the Week
June 7, 2018
Cleveland Young Professional Council hosts its first-ever Adopt-a-Beach cleanup as a group
This Cinco de Mayo, the Alliance’s Cleveland Young Professional Council did not spend the day cheers-ing drinks. Rather, they dedicated their morning to protecting Lake Erie. The council hosted its […]
Adopt-a-Beach Team of the Week
May 24, 2018
Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab: Keeping and sustaining relationships between generations
A baby, bundled up. A toddler, picking up plastic before constructing sand castles. High school youth groups. College sorority sisters. Religious group Sisters. The Earth Day cleanup — the 6th […]
BLOG
May 19, 2018
Kicking Off Adopt-a-Beach 2018
The Future Is Bright for Adopt-a-Beach and the Lakes Adopt-a-Beach volunteers across the region took to their local beaches for Spring Kickoff this year with a record 108 cleanups in […]
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January 4, 2018
Finishing What You Started: Important victory on plastic microbeads to take effect in 2018
Plastic pollution is ubiquitous in the Great Lakes and the world’s oceans. Tiny plastic particles have been found in everything from drinking water to beer, according to researchers in the […]
Press Release
January 4, 2018
Illinois Environmental Leaders Resolve To Reduce Great Lakes Plastic Pollution In 2018
Joint Press Release from Alliance for the Great Lakes, Illinois Environmental Council, and Shedd Aquarium CHICAGO (January 4, 2018) – Local elected officials, alongside leaders from Shedd Aquarium, Alliance for […]
CELEBRATING YOUR SUCCESS
December 6, 2017
Keeping Plastic Pollution Out of the Great Lakes
Adopt-a-Beach volunteers (or Great Lakes superheroes, as we like to call them) clean beaches on all 5 Great Lakes and in all 8 Great Lakes states. And across that huge […]
BLOG
April 22, 2017
Microplastics = Major Problem
By: Nate Drag, Alliance for the Great Lakes Water Project Manager Every year since joining the Alliance, I have made an extra trip to my hometown in western New York on […]
BLOG
February 15, 2017
Plastic Pollution: A Great Lakes Priority
The Alliance developed its 2017 Great Lakes Action Agenda to outline our federal priorities for lawmakers, which includes keeping a careful eye on plastic pollution. Researchers are finding alarming amounts […]
Blog
May 26, 2016
Bead-ban campaign brings victory
The tiny plastic microbead — colorful exfoliant in many soaps, toothpastes and facial washes — was no match against our supporters’ fervor to cleanse them from Great Lakes waters. After […]