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Plastic pollution and the effects on the ocean By: Hana Crittenden I have decided to research plastic pollution in the oceans. I chose this topic because every other summer since I was little, my dad's side of the family has a family reunion at the New Jersey Shore. We rented a very nice beach house right on the shore. And I have always loved the ocean so I looked forward to this trip all year. But I have noticed that over the years trash has been building up. And every time I come back to the…

Chapter five of Garbology talks about a different way that trash is affecting our world. The topic that is being talked about is the trash in the sea, and how it is affecting the environment. The trash in the ocean is causing much marine life to be ether harmed or even worse killed. One of the main things that is causing this is plastic. In todays time plastic is used for everything it is used in our drinking bottles and all the way down to the soap we use to wash our bodies. Because of these…

The “Plasticized” video is a chilling reminder of how we take for granted the convenience of single use plastics. Who would have thought that thousands of miles off shore you would find tiny “nurdles” or virgin plastic floating in the ocean? I honestly did not even know that this is what virgin plastic was termed. I had no idea that you could drag the surface of the ocean in the middle of no-where and find this stuff floating. I thought the documentary was well done and it surprised me that…

Garbology Reading Log 5 In chapter 5 of Garbology Humes discusses the amount of garbage that is in the ocean. Out of all the trash found in the ocean the majority of it is pieces of plastic. Mary Crowley is an environmental activist and the captain of the ship Kaisei, which means ocean planet. Crowley is also one of the founders of Project Kaisei. This foundation working to find out how much trash is actually in the ocean, how that is effecting the marine life, and how to reduce the amount…

Littering is a potential danger to animals because it can cause them to die, eventually becomeing endangered, and even extinct. In thean article, “5 Ways Plastic Pollution Impacts Animals on Land” by Malorie Macklin, she states quotes that approximately, 101 million animals die each year because of litter and other pollutants. Litter consists of trash that can crucially affect our environment. Whether small or large, trash can have dramatic effects to our environment and animals that people need…

People have been throwing junk into the water and it’s been polluting the ocean and affecting the animals. There are two types of ocean pollution. There is point source pollution, its pollution that comes from a specific site. An Non-point source is pollution that comes from many sources. The ocean becomes polluted because people dump trash in many places like bandages, vitals of blood and syringes. Ocean Pollution affects many animals, for example the birds and fish. The birds think that…

“...the volume of plastic debris going into the world’s oceans could more than double by 2025, assuming current trends in coastal development and plastic use.” (Tibbets, 1). Plastic pollution is an ongoing issue that has affected our oceans for a long time. We produce numerous amounts of plastics everyday in order to fulfill our consumer based society. Because of that, we are dealing with the results of our actions. The overproduction and wastefulness of plastic have caused our oceans to be…

There is an amount of a plastic waste that is the size of this rooms that is being thrown in the ocean every minute of every hour of every day. I chose this topic because of the scale of this problem and the speed this problem is growing with. It is a global problem that affects the ocean plants & creatures that live there. So I’ve made a research to tell you about this issue. (Weule) Besides the significant damage it cause to the environment and fauna it affects us directly as well. Today…

We are two eighth grade students at Incline Middle School and we are writing to you about the trash epidemic in the ocean. There are many different types of debris in the ocean including cigarettes, bags, caps/lids, food containers, cups, plates, utensils and many other types of debris. This can be caused by poorly managed landfill sites, sewer overflows, manufacturing sites, illegal dumping on domestic and industrial trash, and street litter. The great pacific garbage patch is not the only…

seabirds die due to the plastic garbage in the water every year (Facts About Marine Litter). Entanglement is a huge issue with the increasing amount of plastic debris in the ocean. The 3 animals that most commonly get entangled in debris are sea turtles, fur seals, and Hawaiian monk seals. Many sea animals enjoy rolling around in the debris like fishing nets and other pieces of floating plastic. They will get tangled in it and eventually suffocate when they “grow into the plastic collars”…