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Turtle Trash Collectors

Grants and Research

Marine debris has major impacts on all kinds of marine animals, especially sea turtles. Turtle Trash Collectors was a UNCW MarineQuest environmental education initiative with a goal of educating youth about the impacts of marine debris and encouraging behavior changes that would reduce the generation of marine debris in the future. From 2019-2021, we implemented programs both in-person and virtually, reaching 29,556 people worldwide!

As of fall 2022, 2TC has ended. However, we are offering live in-person and virtual programs lead by MarineQuest instructors. If you would like to request a live program, please visit our School Programs page.

Funded by the NOAA Marine Debris Program under grant #NA18NOS9990031

Make Your Own Turtle

Are you interested in adding a sea turtle necropsy to your informal education center or classroom? MarineQuest's sea turtle model plans are available through NOAA. Click below to learn more.

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Request Turtle Trash Collectors in your school!

To make a school reservation to reserve a program date, please complete the Program Reservation Request Form (submission of form does not guarantee date is available). After submitting your program form, please follow-up with an email (muhlsteinh@uncw.edu) or by phone (910-962-3795) to verify that it has been received.

Submit Your Request Form!
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