March 11 -17
by Bob Winters
The miracle of plastic is that it is slow
to breakdown so when it becomes litter it can last a long long time even longer
than you. In the sea it’s like a trap being able to choke some animals when
it’s eaten or trap and kill other animals when they get entangled.
Plastic in the sea is something we can all
help to prevent. On this page there are links so you can:
1 .
Find out how mind blowing the
problem the problem is
2 .
Learn how plastic other litter
and pollution starts in the streets around you
3 .
Tell others what they can do to
save our seas.
Mind
blowing problem
Project Kaisei is an anti plastic campaign
that runs out of Hong Kong. They want to clean the many millions of tones of
plastic floating in the ocean. Go to their website to find out just how big the
problem is and how much of the ocean is covered in plastic. www.projectkaisei.org
Litter
in your street = polluted seas
In Australia most of the plastic that gets
into the sea is litter caused by people like us. This website will help you
find how litter gets into the sea and why it is a problem. It will also give
you ideas about solving the problems and what you can do to help. www.ausmepa.org.au/marine-stormwater-pollution
How
can I get others to help?
Believe it or not if you were to explain an
environmental problem to someone, they are more willing to believe you rather
than a Politian. What is it about litter destroying our marine environment that
you are passionate about? You don’t need to be a media tycoon to tell the
world. Use the communication tools on the AUSMEPA website to design your own
media project to tell others how they need to help protect the sea from
plastic. http://www.ausmepa.org.au/student-leadership/default.asp?pageId=34&nav1=16&nav2=57
Use the photos that can be downloaded from
this website in your communication project.
Email AUSMEPA to post to you a free Marine
Litter poster info@ausmepa.org.au and
download digital images of the posters from http://www.ausmepa.org.au/other.asp?pageId=32www.ausmepa.org.au
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