Plastic Ocean

Plastic Ocean

About 8 million metric tons of plastic are thrown into the ocean. Tiny pieces are broken down into small plastics.

Multiple Choice

How small do you think these plastics are?

• A tree

• A fingernail

• A single leaf

• A raindrop

Plastic Ocean

Every minute, one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our oceans

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More than

tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans every year

Plastic Ocean

Plastic is where it shouldn't be . In the sea. The beaches. It's causing harm to marine life and the ocean's ecosystem.

Multiple Choice

How much of plastic comes from land-based sources?

• 2/3

• 1/3

• 2/4

• 5/6

Plastic Ocean

Plastic lasts a long time. It is extremely durable, flexible which can make it useful for human use, that is until we throw it out. It can mean that plastic never really breaks down! It slowly fragments into little pieces, ending up microscopic but this could also be deadly!

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A plastic bottle can last for

years

(Please add the years it can possibly last to such as 500-2000)

Plastic Ocean?

In our powerpoint, on sparkadobe, we will explain plastic in the ocean in more depth and give solutions on how we can try to reduce the use of plastic and save our world.