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Making Ocean Waves Blog
Ocean Stories. Hard Questions. Real Impact.
FEATURED SERIES
The Unknown Odyssey of Orsolino
Found among the debris of a Caribbean beach, arms raised, silent witness to the plastic crisis. Follow Orsolino's journey as we untangle the legal, scientific and human questions behind marine litter.
The Journey So Far
The Plastic That Never Left
Orsolino series · 3 min read · April 2026
A Caribbean beach. A broken toy. The beginning of an unlikely odyssey into the world of marine litter.
Who Is Responsible for What Washes Up?
Legal & policy · 5 min read · Coming soon
When plastic crosses borders and beaches, who bears responsibility? A legal journey through murky waters.
The Economics of Ocean Waste
Circular economy · 4 min read · Coming soon
Cleaning up the ocean costs billions. But so does not cleaning it. We follow the money.
"Through you, I will try to untangle this odyssey, give a face to the invisible, and ask the hard questions, even the uncomfortable ones."
A. Sautter, Making Ocean Waves
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alexandra Sautter
Founder of Making Ocean Waves, Swiss lawyer turned marine conservationist. Based in coastal Honduras, fighting plastic pollution one story at a time.
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Marine Litter
Plastic, debris, ocean pollution, the front line.
Legal & Policy
Navigating international law, treaties and responsibility.
Solutions
Circular economy, innovation and what actually works.
Field notes
Dispatches from coastal Honduras — raw, real, on the ground.