15 Years of 5 Gyres 🎉 We couldn't do it without YOU! Dear 5 Gyres Community,As we enter our 15th anniversary as an organization, we’re grateful for our collective progress and proud to reflect on all that we accomplished this past year. Your unwavering support allowed us to publish gr…

Shape tomorrow's world today 🌎 TRIPLE your impact by December 31! Dear Friends of 5 Gyres,I know you’re enjoying the holidays, so I’ll get straight to the point - 5 Gyres needs supporters like you to help fund our ongoing work to drive innovative solutions to plastic pollution through…

The top item polluting national parks is… Our Plastic-Free Parks report is now available! Dear Fellow Adventurers,The results are in… and single-use plastic is once again crowned the top polluter in our national parks!Our 2024 Plastic-Free Parks report was published today, revealing r…

An Update from INC-5 🌏 Plus, double your donation for Giving Tuesday! Dear Friends of 5 Gyres,After a long week in Busan, Korea, our research team is traveling home without a Global Plastics Treaty. Despite an overwhelming majority of countries calling for an ambitious treaty, stall t…

This Halloween’s Real Horror: Microfibers 👻 Here's how we're fighting back! Dear Friends of 5 Gyres,Forget ghosts, witches, and werewolves! The scariest thing this Halloween is a ghoulish contaminant we can’t see - microplastics. Microfibers, which shed from clothes, carpets, and home g…

A break from doomscrolling 🕊️ Breathe easy... we're working toward a plastic-free future! Dear Friends of 5 Gyres,As we approach the end of year, as well as our 15th anniversary as an organization, we’re inspired to reflect on our collective progress and envision our collaborative futur…

We're all connected 🌊 Protect our coastlines & communities Dear Friends of 5 Gyres, We’re all connected by a watershed. What ends up in the ocean starts on land, from our communities, through rivers and streams, and out to sea. September marks Coastal Cleanup Month worldwide, but yo…

📢 ACT NOW: Drive Solutions to Plastic Pollution Use your voice, do a TrashBlitz, and more! Dear Friends of 5 Gyres, We closed out Plastic Free July with some big news: Senator Merkley introduced the Fighting Fibers Act of 2024, which would require a microfiber filtration system on new w…

Big news about tiny fibers! A letter from our co-founder Dear Friends of 5 Gyres,We have some big news to share, and hope you can join us in driving solutions!Just last week, U.S. Senator Merkely (OR) introduced the Fighting Fibers Act of 2024 in Congress, which would reduce microfiber …

Help us log 1,000 pieces of trash during Plastic Free July! TrashBlitz to win our NEW sweatshirt! Hi Friends of 5 Gyres,Let’s make Plastic Free July count! Help us reach our goal of logging 1,000 pieces of trash for our Plastic-Free Parks project this month. Join the effort and make a d…