#Save Our Seas 2.0 Act

EPA grants $2.2 million to Hawaiʻi to expand recycling in Hilo, study waste management of neighbor islands

The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it has awarded $2.2 million in grants to Hawaiʻi for a recycling project in Hilo and a study of waste management across several islands.

NOAA selects inaugural Board for new Marine Debris Foundation

The Save Our Seas 2.0 Act of 2020 established the nonprofit Marine Debris Foundation to join the national effort to keep oceans and the Great Lakes free of the widespread pollution problem of marine debris.