Tracking Ocean Plastic & Other Marine Debris

​After some beach cleanups we like to trace objects back to their source to get a better sense for the flow of plastics across the ocean and out of plain old curiosity.

Did you know that most plastic washing up on Hawaii's shores takes an average of 5 to 7 years to reach us?

In this case, this plastic container traveled 4.279 miles from Guatemala having been produced at Plastimax and being sold under the Malher spice company label.