Recently, Conservation International announced that New Caledonia, a special collectivity of France, located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, has amassed the world's largest protected natural area (on land or sea). Now 16% of France's marine waters are protected instead of only 4%. The rest of the world needs to follow their lead.
With over 300 million tons of new petroleum-based plastic produced every year and only 10% of it being recycled, our earth is in dire need of drastic environmental solutions. After researching a completely biodegradable plastic invented by Harvard scientists and discovering The Plastic Bank, I felt combining these brilliant solutions would make a huge impact.
Just when I was feeling good about recycling cardboard, I found out that any section of soiled cardboard on a pizza box can ruin a whole batch of recycled paper. In fact, many recycling centers have employers just remove all pizza boxes upon arrival at their center.
Since the 1970s, I've loved Crayola crayons and it wasn't until my daughter was born that I discovered what an exemplary company Crayola is. Not only did they partner with utility companies to build a massive 15 acre solar farm, they have teamed up with a fuel company to recycle their markers.