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The Save the Seas – Plastics Free event scheduled March 21 in Ocean Ridge was postponed “out of an abundance of caution” due to the corona virus. “We look forward to seeing you when the event is able to be rescheduled,” the Town of Ocean and the Gard

I’m happy to report that we’re making progress with reducing the use of plastics in the distribution of The Coastal Star.
Beginning next month, we are partnering with Publix Super Markets to improve the delivery of newspapers in the northern third o

Thank you, loyal readers.
Once again your passion for our newspaper is inspirational. We always learn a lot from your feedback and this month exceeded expectations.
One thing many of you wanted to stress is that the plastic sleeve on our driveway-del

This dead loggerhead ingested more than 100 pieces of plastic it mistook for food. Photo provided by Gumbo Limbo

By Margie Plunkett

The tiny sea turtle, the size of the palm of your hand, had died after being washed back to shore this nesting season.

Plastic is everywhere.
I walk the beach most mornings and pick it up all along the way. I pull bottle caps and fast-food cups out of my front hedge with some regularity. The amount of discarded plastic I see is overwhelming.
This summer on a family v

Collecting plastic in trek around state,
former lifeguard says recycling is not enough

ABOVE: Bryan Galvin and Heather Bolint walk the St. Andrews Club beach in Gulf Stream last month as they pick up and photograph plastic and other trash on a three-m

By Mary Hladky

Boca Raton will not join the parade of cities that are banning plastic straws.

Despite pleas for a ban from environmentalists and a group of city schoolchildren, Boca Raton City Council members decided March 25 to instead improve publi

By Jane Smith

Delray Beach could become the first Palm Beach County city to ban single-use plastic straws.

City commissioners unanimously approved a plastic straw ban at their mid-January meeting, effective Jan. 1, 2020. The second reading of the ord

By Jane Smith

Delray Beach could become the first Palm Beach County city to ban single-use plastic straws.

City commissioners unanimously approved a plastic straw ban at their mid-January meeting, effective Jan. 1, 2020. The second reading of the ord

    Planning an event at a county beach?
    Leave the balloons behind; as of Sept. 1, they’re banned at 11 Palm Beach County-operated beachfront parks.
    “I think anytime we can limit the amount of plastics, including balloons, is a good thing,” sa

Part I: Florida's environmental disaster hits the beaches

By Willie Howard

Environmental groups are ramping up the fight against plastic pollution in the ocean with campaigns featuring images of entangled birds, littered beaches and research showi

Florida’s environmental disaster hits the beaches

Sea Angels created a sculpture from garbage found along the shore.

Volunteers filled a plastic hardhat they found with drinking straws, fishing line and rope they picked up along the shore.

Photos pro

A 1-year-old hawksbill turtle found on Easter Sunday has been released after being nursed back to health at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton. Photo provided

By Jan Norris
    
    Easter the hawksbill turtle had its own resurrection, than