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UNF receives award to fight ocean plastic pollution
Read full article: UNF receives award to fight ocean plastic pollutionAccording to UNF, a two-year project will combine education and outreach efforts to increase awareness, affect attitudes and beliefs, and encourage behavior changes among members of the UNF campus community regarding reducing plastic consumption. Single-use plastics are well-documented to be one of the major sources of plastic debris in the ocean. Eckerd College launched the Reduce Single-Use project in 2018 at its St. Petersburg campus. Participants will log each use and refusal of single-use plastic and receive real-time feedback on behavior. Eckerd College will continue to manage the grant, run surveys, conduct challenges and outreach activities, as well as collect and analyze the data received from the UNF campus.