Notable Achievements

Notable Achievements:

Food services changing to disposable wood utensils and metal eat-in utensils
Bookstore selling metal straws
Metal straws distributed
Office of Advancement ordered 150 reusable bottles with project logo to give to Parent Council members
Cupanion/Fill-it-Forward
10 new water bottle filling stations
TV panel on plastic bans with Spectrum Bay News 9
Bookstore switched to $.25 paper bags
Planet Forward Summit (4 plastic submissions from Eckerd students)
DIY Plastic Alternatives CPS Event
Student Research Symposium
Florida Marine Science Educators Association conference presentation
15 beach cleanups
2 Reusable Alternatives DIY CPS Events
Used Once, Lasts Forever Art Show
Resigning of the Break Free From Plastic Pledge by Presdent Annarelli and ECOS President Christyna Reagan

Outreach Activities:

- Florida Marine Science Educators Association Conference

- Planet Forward

- Eckerd Student Research Symposium

- Mote Marine Water Warriors Camp

- Youth Ocean Conservation Summit

- World Ocean Sciences Conference

Reduce Single-Use in the News

Eckerd College Makes App to Track Plastic Use - The Gabber

Eckerd College pledges to continue to ‘break free from plastic’ after grant runs out - Tampa Bay Times

Eckerd College to ban purchase of nonessential single-use plastic - Tampa Bay Newspapers

Eckerd College awarded grant to reduce single-use plastics on campus - I Love The Burg

Eckerd receives federal grant to reduce single-use plastics - Tampa Bay Newswire

Students Succeed in Pushing Florida College to go Plastic-Free - Break Free From Plastic

See Eckerd College's latest data from its "Reduce Single-Use" project - Tampa Bay Times

Eckerd College grant targets single-use plastics - Tampa Bay Times

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