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(Gianna Andrews) When plastic bags and other debris collect on the surface it blocks the sunlight which enables the plankton to follow out photosynthesis, which means that it cannot produce oxygen. Earth only produces enough oxygen to balance the carbon dioxide that’s produced, if plankton cannot produce oxygen our oxygen supply will be cut in half. If there is no oxygen there can be no life. Plankton does not only produce oxygen, but it is also at the bottom of the food chain. Animals such as fish and turtles eat the algae or plankton, if there is less food for them their will be less food for the predators such as tuna, sharks, and whales. If this happens the entire food web will change. (National Geographic) Plankton supports everything in or living off the ocean, directly or
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However the solutions aren’t so simple. How does this plastic get cleaned up and once it is cleaned up how can we regulate our plastic pollution to ensure it doesn’t happen again? First the politicians must set guidelines to follow. The National Resource Defense Council is working on three key strategies that I believe can make a huge impact to eliminate plastic water pollution in the U.S. and beyond. The first strategy is holding plastic producers accountable. In many states producers of material such as paint and carpet are responsible for recovering and recycling there product. Producers of plastic should be required to do the same. They should find innovative ways to design better packaging that can be more fully recovered for recycling or reuse, they should also be required to help pay costs to keep plastic out of the environment. According to the National Resource Defense Council they are building a collation of waste management, community, environmental, and business groups support measures to stop plastic pollution at is sources by creating incentives for plastic producers. By creating these incentives they hope these industries will use less packaging for there product, make them recyclable, and ensure that recycling actually happens. Sine most of the plastic in our ocean is so far from any land mass no single government wants to claim responsibility or provide funding to clean all the trash …show more content…
Everyone must work together to clean this trash up! It we don’t our future is going to be trash filled.
Works Cited
Andrews, Gianna “Plastic in the ocean Affecting Human Health”. Professional Development for Geosciences Faculty. 2012. 11 April 2014. http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/health/case_studies/plastics.html “Ocean Plastic Pollution” Biomass Packaging Company NP web 16 April 2014 http://bomasspachaging.com/education/ocean-plastic-pollution
“Plastic Trash Vortex” National Geographic. NP web 16 April 2014 http://education.nationalgeogrphic.com/education/encyclopedia/great-pacific-grabage-patch/?ar_a=1
“Plastic Pollution” Disney nature Oceans. NP web 18 April 2014. http://takepart.com/oceans/plastic-pollution
Roach, John “Source of Half’s Earths oxygen Gets little Credit” National Geographic. 28 October 2010. 16 April 2014 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0607_040607_phytoplankton_2.hyml
“Solutions to Plastic Pollution in our ocean” Natural Resources Defense Council. 3 March 2014. web 20 April
However the solutions aren’t so simple. How does this plastic get cleaned up and once it is cleaned up how can we regulate our plastic pollution to ensure it doesn’t happen again? First the politicians must set guidelines to follow. The National Resource Defense Council is working on three key strategies that I believe can make a huge impact to eliminate plastic water pollution in the U.S. and beyond. The first strategy is holding plastic producers accountable. In many states producers of material such as paint and carpet are responsible for recovering and recycling there product. Producers of plastic should be required to do the same. They should find innovative ways to design better packaging that can be more fully recovered for recycling or reuse, they should also be required to help pay costs to keep plastic out of the environment. According to the National Resource Defense Council they are building a collation of waste management, community, environmental, and business groups support measures to stop plastic pollution at is sources by creating incentives for plastic producers. By creating these incentives they hope these industries will use less packaging for there product, make them recyclable, and ensure that recycling actually happens. Sine most of the plastic in our ocean is so far from any land mass no single government wants to claim responsibility or provide funding to clean all the trash …show more content…
Everyone must work together to clean this trash up! It we don’t our future is going to be trash filled.
Works Cited
Andrews, Gianna “Plastic in the ocean Affecting Human Health”. Professional Development for Geosciences Faculty. 2012. 11 April 2014. http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/health/case_studies/plastics.html “Ocean Plastic Pollution” Biomass Packaging Company NP web 16 April 2014 http://bomasspachaging.com/education/ocean-plastic-pollution
“Plastic Trash Vortex” National Geographic. NP web 16 April 2014 http://education.nationalgeogrphic.com/education/encyclopedia/great-pacific-grabage-patch/?ar_a=1
“Plastic Pollution” Disney nature Oceans. NP web 18 April 2014. http://takepart.com/oceans/plastic-pollution
Roach, John “Source of Half’s Earths oxygen Gets little Credit” National Geographic. 28 October 2010. 16 April 2014 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0607_040607_phytoplankton_2.hyml
“Solutions to Plastic Pollution in our ocean” Natural Resources Defense Council. 3 March 2014. web 20 April