Making Waves for Marcie

John Zant, Santa Barbara Independent

“Friends Remember Swimmer Marcie Kjoller by Tackling Triathlons and Crossing the Santa Barbara Channel. . .They are doing it for some of Kjoller’s favorite causes. On Sunday, August 24, eight of them participated in the Santa Barbara Triathlon to raise money for The Marcie Kjoller Red Piano Music Scholarship. Later this month, six women will swim a relay across the Santa Barbara Channel from Santa Cruz Island to the mainland, a fundraiser for Heal the Ocean.”

Thumbs Up for Styrofoam Recycling Program

Heal the Ocean, Edhat

“In less than two months of announcing a Styrofoam Recycling Program created in a partnership of Heal the Ocean and MarBorg Industries, the amount of Styrofoam going to the program instead of the landfill (and from there, pieces of it out to sea) – is mind-boggling! Right away, on the first day, construction contractors pulled up to MarBorg’s free drop-off site at 20 David Love Place in Goleta, and private citizens began diverting Styrofoam from their trash bins and taking it to the MarBorg recycling center at 132 Nopalitos, in the lower Milpas area, where a mountain of Styrofoam formed within 2 weeks. . .”

Heal the Ocean, MarBorg Team Up to Divert Styrofoam from Landfill

Nick Welsh, Santa Barbara Independent

“Heal the Ocean and MarBorg have launched a joint initiative to divert Styrofoam products from the county’s landfill at Tajiguas, operating collection sites out of MarBorg’s buyback facility on Nopalitos Way downtown and its recycling location on David Love Place by the airport. In the first few days of operation, MarBorg’s Brian Borgatello reported 55 cubic yards’ worth of donations. . .”

MarBorg, Heal the Ocean Announce Styrofoam Recycling Program for Santa Barbara

Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer

“As part of a new recycling program, residents can drop off expanded polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam, for free at two sites on Santa Barbara County's South Coast.

People can bring unlimited amounts of it to the ​MarBorg Industries center at 20 David Love Place in Goleta, which is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. . .”

City Hall Cracks Down on Cascaron Confetti

Nick Welsh, Santa Barbara Independent

“With the annual Fiesta celebration only a couple of weeks away, parade organizers at Old Spanish Days were put on notice last week that they needed to up their game when it came to cleaning the avalanche of cascaron confetti festooning downtown streets and sidewalks afterward. Instigated by complaints from groups like Heal the Ocean, Channelkeeper, and Downtown Santa Barbara, City Hall launched a “Confetti is litter” campaign on June 21, right before the Summer Solstice Parade. . .”

Peterson Joins Heal the Ocean Board

Charlotte Boechler, Santa Barbara News-Press

“Eric Peterson has joined the advisory board of Heal the Ocean. Mr. Peterson retired as fire chief for Santa Barbara County in 2018 and had been with County Fire for 32 years, making him a veteran of the Painted Cave, Zaca, Tea, Jesusita, Gap, Sherpa, Alamo, Rey, Whittier, Thomas, and Holiday fires. . .”