The ocean covers more than 70% our earth’s surface, and 97% of the water found on the earth is contained in the ocean. Ocean pollution is a serious matter that people can get into a discussion, but when they go to bed at night not a lot of people are thinking about how much ocean pollution affects not only endangered species that live in the ocean but us as well. Most people don’t believe that they contribute to ocean pollution. They think it’s the big industries that create plastic and aluminum products, but 80% of the pollution in the water are from nonpoint source pollution as a result of runoff. Even if industries start to create products that won’t harm the earth the way they do now. There’s still going to be small things like when a
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His idea, create a long V-shaped floating barrier to collect trash in the waters using the ocean currents to help move the trash into the middle of the V where a solar operated conveyer belt will scoop up the trash and put it into a recycling station. Slat isn’t the only one that’s trying to do something about the pollution in the ocean though. “A floating village called Seawer is an out-there concept that would strain trash from the ocean using a lineup of different-sized filters. Seawer could catch and store big junk, such as refrigerators and tin cans, as well as small plastic particles. To support human inhabitants living topside, the system would produce hydroelectric power and purify seawater for drinking and irrigation.” (“Cleaning the Ocean” 23) Keeping the ocean clean doesn’t necessarily mean going to the middle of the ocean with this big machine and sucking up all the trash. Baltimore’s Mr. Trash wheel, another source that’s trying to solve the ocean pollution problem, starts off by cleaning the water the exits it habor before it goes into the ocean. Last year alone, Mr Trash wheel collected 118,670 plastic bottles and 2.6 million cigarette butts totaling to at least 213 tons of trash. If every state put small fine grates in the storm drains, or put mesh in any possible place where the storm drains/pipes lead to the ocean there would be less trash in the ocean. Make it part of communities survive to pick up the trash that washes into the
His idea, create a long V-shaped floating barrier to collect trash in the waters using the ocean currents to help move the trash into the middle of the V where a solar operated conveyer belt will scoop up the trash and put it into a recycling station. Slat isn’t the only one that’s trying to do something about the pollution in the ocean though. “A floating village called Seawer is an out-there concept that would strain trash from the ocean using a lineup of different-sized filters. Seawer could catch and store big junk, such as refrigerators and tin cans, as well as small plastic particles. To support human inhabitants living topside, the system would produce hydroelectric power and purify seawater for drinking and irrigation.” (“Cleaning the Ocean” 23) Keeping the ocean clean doesn’t necessarily mean going to the middle of the ocean with this big machine and sucking up all the trash. Baltimore’s Mr. Trash wheel, another source that’s trying to solve the ocean pollution problem, starts off by cleaning the water the exits it habor before it goes into the ocean. Last year alone, Mr Trash wheel collected 118,670 plastic bottles and 2.6 million cigarette butts totaling to at least 213 tons of trash. If every state put small fine grates in the storm drains, or put mesh in any possible place where the storm drains/pipes lead to the ocean there would be less trash in the ocean. Make it part of communities survive to pick up the trash that washes into the