ABOUT MARINE LITTERToday's World Wide IssueMarine litter is a huge environmental issue. Millions of animals are injured or killed every year because of this disastrous problem.
Plastic is the most commonly sighted man made object at sea. This is because there is 18,000 pieces of plastic litter floating on every square kilometer of the world's oceans. Five and a half million pieces of enters our waters every day by boats, creating the six million tons of garbage in the oceans every year. |
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GARBAGE IN OUR OCEANSYears to BiodegradeMost garbage and recyclable materials take a long time to break down, or biodegrade. For some materials, we're talking about hundreds of years.
Paper bus and parking tickets........2-4 Orange and banana peels.................2 Cigarette butts................................1-5 Plastic bags................................10-20 Foam cups and tin cans..................50 Aluminum cans................................80 Plastic bottles................................450 Fishing net.....................................600 Glass bottles........................1,000,000 (all in years) |
MARINE LITTER'S EFFECT ON HUMANS AND ANIMALS
Humans and Animals
Marine litter has devastating effects on, not only animals, but humans as well.
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PREVENTION TECHNIQUES
Help to Prevent Marine Litter
Just by these small changes in everyday life, you can make a big impact in the world
Reusable cups
Avoid excess packaging
Reusable water bottles
Reusable grocery bags
Get involved in beach clean up teams
Reusable cups
Avoid excess packaging
Reusable water bottles
Reusable grocery bags
Get involved in beach clean up teams