Today is national recycling Day,
although we hope you celebrate everyday,
recycle and think about the
ways we can reduce our waste.
This morning we are talking to two people.
Two business owners who definitely
believe that it's so important to do.
The founder and CEO of Shore Buddies
Malta is joining us along with Megan,
the co-founder and president of RE Rip.
Good morning to both of you.
Hey good morning good to see you guys. Good
to see you yeah it's so
great that San Diego has.
You know, many businesses that
keep our environment in mind.
So I want to start with you.
Megan, I see your surfboards
lined up behind you.
Tell us all about re rip.
RIP is a surfboard recycling company.
We've been around for about 15 years
here in San Diego and we worked to set
up drop off locations in surfing areas.
We partner with Community businesses
so people have a place to drop
off boards when they break or if
they just don't want him anymore.
A lot of times people who are leaving
leaving the coast just want to donate
their old board and we definitely
try and find new homes for them.
Keeping them out of the landfills is
our mission and then we just kind of
have a reallocation program where we re
purpose them or upcycle them into art.
And try and and and get him back
in the water if we can.
Oh Megan, I'm so glad you exist really.
Because so many times you see people surf
and you know they may get a broken board.
I mean they come back all bummed out but
you know I saw the beautiful artwork
that these surfboards can then become.
So tell us about that.
What do people? What do you get to
do with these broken surfboards?
Well, we're lucky we just kind of house
them at the moment and then artists
come to us or you look for artists.
So right now we're putting together an
art show actually called peaceful planet,
and we're trying to we.
We've attracted a diverse group of
artists who are actually putting together
a piece of art for the show made out
of one of these old broken boards.
And I don't know if you guys
get a chance to go to our site,
but there are some beautiful works
of art by some really nice artists,
so they they just turn it into something
that you could buy to put on your wall.
I I was gonna say Megan versus
showing some of the images right now.
And the creativity they have.
My goodness. It's awesome to see.
I mean look at this one.
There's like jellyfish hanging off of a wave.
Somehow they did that.
So really creative people out there.
So for people right now,
maybe at home with like a broken board.
They can't.
You know, maybe resell it.
It may have too many Dings or something.
What can they do with their boards?
Well, they can get creative themselves.
Or if they don't have time to do that,
they are closest been for San Diego is
at Cardiff Patagonia so they could.
Next time they're going up the coast.
Just drop it off at Cardiff Patagonia
and we'll take it from there.
Oh nice, and then you'll
take it off their hands,
turn it into artwork.
That's awesome. Megan.
Now let's talk about multi,
was waiting patiently.
Shore buddies.
We know what you guys do,
but for our viewers at home.
Also, if you could tell us
what store bodies all about.
Yeah, it's real body is all about.
We make stuffed animals out
of recycled plastic bottle.
So happy National recycling Day
we celebrated every year, yeah,
but our really main mission is,
you know, to educate the use that
all the stuff that Magnus doing.
You know that that becomes natural
is like OK, my surfboard is broken.
I'm not going to throw it in a landfill and
you know I'm finding ways to repurpose,
to recycle them. And yeah,
what better way to talk about those topics?
You know they're moving stuff
down and mode so you know,
like you have the old emotional connection.
And then we educate about it.
You know what everyone can do to really
keep the plastics out of the ocean?
Hi,
say I mean good to see you
Sammy because our daughter is
obsessed with all shore buddies.
We got the the whale, the turtle.
We do give these as gifts as
well 'cause I think it's a great
idea especially for the holidays.
Yeah buddy buddy. Have you have also
our new turtle is kind of like did
you hit for the for the holidays?
the Super cute stopping stalker so
like this is a flying right now
there you go and the sound
is so realistic Malta.
We got them from actual
marine biologist, right?
So like we we are so grateful to be here
in such a great ocean loving community.
Then San Diego, you know, Megan,
you guys do an amazing things.
You know we all keeping the oceans
clean because that's what we love here,
you know and we really talk about that.
What is can can be done and for me
starting with show bodies was, you know,
as you guys hear from my accent,
I'm originally from Germany and they
I kind of grew up with recycling.
It always was a thing,
but I was missing the the final pod, right?
What is actually happening with?
All the staff we put into the
recycling bin and I got inspired.
You know Patagonia Megan
mentioned them earlier.
You know they have a drop off in Cardiff.
They inspired me really when they
turn plastic bottles into T shirts
and jackets and you know you could
also make a stuffed animal out of it,
which I thought is a is
an amazing technology.
Yeah, let's talk about that too.
'cause I think it's so important.
It's great that people recycle,
but the best thing is to try not to have
to have anything to throw away right?
Reusing what we have and
just limit the waste.
Yeah absolutely absolutely. Froza.
I always compare that kind of to,
you know, when you come home from a
night out or we come home from school
and the kitchen is flooded, right?
What is the first thing you do?
You're not gonna pick up a mop
and cleaning up the floor.
You know that's what we do
about the beach cleanups.
But really what we need to
do is is stop the flow.
You know turn off the tab.
Right now there's all still 8 million
tons of plastic going into our
oceans every single time you know.
And every piece we can avoid.
And that's why plastic really kicks in.
We need to stop, you know,
the overconsumption of single use, plastic?
Yeah, yeah, and you're turning obviously
plastic bottles into these great
dolls and education tool to hopefully
get the kids to think about it and
tell Mom and Dad stop it, you know.
And then also you two Megan.
You guys are so great at living and
breathing this in your business
and what you're dedicated to.
So before we have to go,
Megan, let's bring you back.
If you could tell us what you know,
piece of advice.
Someone who's watching right now,
one small thing, maybe you do.
In your day to day life that we can
all kind of take away from this.
Uhm,
I think 'cause there's so many little
small things that people do or that I do.
I've, you know, been known to kind of
bring like Tupperware to restaurants
so I can take my food back in my
own tupperwares things like that,
but I think it's about the bigger things now.
I think we have to remember that
social and racial justice are very
intertwined with environmental issues.
Make sure everyone has a seat at the table
that we're listening to all communities,
especially those that have the environmental
issues affecting them the most,
right? 'cause, of course,
it impacts our health in so many ways.
You know lower income areas,
especially I'm glad you
brought that up Megan.
Really good point.
And also what about you?
Any quick tip that we can all follow?
But for me it's always,
you know we're trying to always
be so perfect in this world.
You know, like in my opinion, we don't
really need 100% of the people you know.
We live zero ways.
So start with recycling.
You know today is national Recycling day is.
Start with that. Start small,
you know be the change that you want
to see in the world and start with that.
And also everyone who is in the
community we gonna be actually at the
Encinitas holiday fair this upcoming
weekend and we partner with another
great organization can for books.
So today's national recycling day.
Help us bring us your recyclables
to the fear and we give you a
discount on the show bodies and the
cans for books they actually take.
Those recyclables bring them to the CR
V and buy books for low income community
both so much. Sure buddies and
re rip great local business
is really helping our planet.
We appreciate you guys.
Thank you so much.