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“Marine Debris with Purpose” with Laura Ludwig
March 7 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Laura Ludwig, Director of the Center’s Marine Debris and Plastics Program, will discuss “Marine Debris with Purpose” as part of URI Plastics: Land to Sea’s “Empowering Plastics Solutions” seminar series.
According to the program: “Fishing gear such as nets, rope, lines, buoys and traps, most of which is made from plastic, can be lost, abandoned or discarded at sea. The resulting debris, also known as ghost gear, litters our seas and breaks down into smaller pieces, adding to the problems created by plastics and microplastics. Removal of ghost gear is costly, challenging and, in the US, largely coordinated by nonprofits or volunteers. Laura Ludwig, director of the Center for Coastal Studies’ Marine Debris & Plastic Program, is a key player organizing teams of commercial fishermen, artists and volunteers to address the issue. She will join us on 3/7 in the Higgins Welcome Center and present a talk on the impacts, removal, and repurposing of plastic marine debris including fishing gear, consumer debris, and storm-created infrastructure debris, and will share some innovative partnerships with artists who leverage the materials to create beautiful works of art to bring about awareness.”
