Ep3. Why should I care about plastic waste?? Earth Day Special Ep. With the National Aquarium in Baltimore

<p>Have you walked out to a nearby lake, river, or the harbor and saw garbage floating on the water? Have you ever seen plastic water bottles and plastic bags on the ground at a nearby park? Why should we care about plastic waste? Should we worry about using plastic bags when we get a takeout from our favourite restaurant, or when we go to a grocery store? In this special Earth Day episode of the Sci'more Podcast, we speak with Laura Bankey, Vice President of Conservation Programs at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.&nbsp;</p> <p>If you ever been to the National Aquarium here in Baltimore and ever wondered what they do (other than house beautiful animals of course), also come and check out this episode!</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>We rely on listeners like you to ask us questions!</p> <p>Submit any questions you have at: <a href="https://anchor.fm/scimore" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/scimore</a> or call 443-776-1282.</p> <p>Follow us on Twitter or Facebook @projbridge</p> <p><br></p> <p>Useful links:</p> <p>Laura's Profile: <a href="https://aqua.org/about/our-people/laura-bankey">https://aqua.org/about/our-people/laura-bankey</a></p> <p>National Aquarium Conservations: <a href="https://aqua.org/support/conservation">https://aqua.org/support/conservation</a></p> <p><strong>City Nature Challenge: </strong><a href="https://citynaturechallenge.org/"><strong>https://citynaturechallenge.org/</strong></a><strong> join at the end of April!</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Music: ‘Lucky Massive Dangerous’ by Speck</p> <p>Editing: Yun-Fei Liu</p> <p>Intro: Chris Seong Yeol An</p> <p>Interviewers: Chris Seong Yeol An</p> <p>Outro: Chris Seong Yeol An</p> <p>With help from: Michael Dryzer, Emily Han, Ashton Omdahl, Sebastian Markert, and Michael Xie</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scimore/message