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Australia is facing a War on Waste and it’s happening in our homes, in our schools, in our streets and in our oceans. The following clips come from the ABC documentary War on Waste presented by Craig Reucassel. We want you to use these clips to inspire you to solve one of the waste problems in Australia.
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Curious Kids: How do plastic bags harm our environment and sea life?
Curious Kids: How do plastic bags harm our environment and sea life?
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teachers
It’s important to use age-appropriate techniques when talking with kids about environmental issues, so
they’re not overwhelmed by the threats our oceans are facing. Here are some tips for helping kids learn about
and getting engaged in using less, not littering, and recycling:
• Understanding Marine Debris NOAA’s kit of games and activities for kids of all ages.
• Talking Trash & Taking Action a marine debris education partnership between Ocean Conservancy and
the NOAA Marine Debris Program.
• The Plastic Pollution Coalition has compiled a list of plastic pollution curriculum for ages 5-22.
they’re not overwhelmed by the threats our oceans are facing. Here are some tips for helping kids learn about
and getting engaged in using less, not littering, and recycling:
• Understanding Marine Debris NOAA’s kit of games and activities for kids of all ages.
• Talking Trash & Taking Action a marine debris education partnership between Ocean Conservancy and
the NOAA Marine Debris Program.
• The Plastic Pollution Coalition has compiled a list of plastic pollution curriculum for ages 5-22.
reduce plastic use
what is the plastic pollution & why is it a worry?
Plastic Oceans by BTN plus links to related information
plastic bags
Coles & woolies to phase out plastic bags
In the above article these tips are shared:
Tips for living without plastic bags
Tips for living without plastic bags
- Separate your rubbish, learn what you can recycle
- Use composting bins to dispose of wet waste
- Don't line your bin, simple wash it weekly or as needed
- Raise chooks to feed food scraps too
- Be selective about what you buy - take glass containers and buy food in bulk
- Take plastic or green bags back to the supermarket to recycle
- Try to use biodegradable bags
Work your way through this interactive resource above to build
your understanding of the problem. NEWS STORIES: Plastic Debris in the Open Ocean Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All -- And Fast Carolyn Barry for National Geographic News How a DVD case killed a whale http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150107-sea-trash-whales-dolphins-marine-mammals/ Dolphin calf freed of plastic debris off Florida's west coast A six-month-old dolphin calf is now swimming safely with its mother after rescuers freed the animal from plastic fishing line and other debris Thursday. Sea turtle swims up to the boat seeking help. National Geographic Garbage Patches Map & information
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These Are the Most Dangerous Kinds of Plastic Polluting the Ocean
A new study identifies the 20 most deadly forms of plastic killing sea turtles, marine mammals, and seabirds. Conservationists have been warning about the deadly impact of ocean plastic for years. Now a new study, published this week in the journal Marine Policy, identifies and ranks the 20 worst types of plastic for marine mammals, turtles and seabirds worldwide. They include lost fishing gear, bags, bottle caps, utensils, cigarette butts, food packaging, and straws. |
Plastic Debris in the Open Ocean
Concentrations of plastic debris in surface waters of the global ocean.
Colored circles indicate mass concentrations (legend on top right).
The map shows average concentrations in 442 sites (1,127 surface net tows).
Grey areas indicate the accumulation zones predicted by a global surface circulation model (6).
Dark and light grey represent inner and outer accumulation zones, respectively; white areas are predicted as nonaccumulation zones.
do you want to learn more?
NEWS STORIES:
Plastic Debris in the Open Ocean
Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All -- And Fast Carolyn Barry for National Geographic News
How a DVD case killed a whale
Dolphin calf freed of plastic debris off Florida's west coast A six-month-old dolphin calf is now swimming safely with its mother after rescuers freed the animal from plastic fishing line and other debris Thursday.
Sea turtle swims up to the boat seeking help.
News in Science
Rising plastic menace choking sealife
Plastic Debris in the Open Ocean
Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All -- And Fast Carolyn Barry for National Geographic News
How a DVD case killed a whale
Dolphin calf freed of plastic debris off Florida's west coast A six-month-old dolphin calf is now swimming safely with its mother after rescuers freed the animal from plastic fishing line and other debris Thursday.
Sea turtle swims up to the boat seeking help.
News in Science
Rising plastic menace choking sealife
what are some people doing to help?
should we ban the bag?
Can you think of more points for each side?
Boomerang Bags works to reduce the use of plastic bags by engaging local communities in the making of Boomerang Bags – community made using recycled materials, Boomerang Bags provide a free, fun, sustainable alternative to plastic bags. Woolgoolga is involved. See |
If you don’t live near a current Boomerang Bags community, you can still be involved-
Give them away to friends, family, colleagues, the bag-less stranger in front of you at the supermarket, Wrap presents in them, Stash them in your car and handbag so that you’re never caught without a re-useable bag when you need one! |
Boomerang Bags programs for ‘Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills’ are aligned with the new national curriculum for Grades 7 –10 and can be delivered as workshops either in-class or onsite at Boomerang Bags Headquarters in Burleigh Heads.
http://cdn.boomerangbags.org/wp-content/uploads/BB_EducationBrochure_6pp_PRINT_050716.pdf
http://cdn.boomerangbags.org/wp-content/uploads/BB_EducationBrochure_6pp_PRINT_050716.pdf
Trash removed during Dive Against Debris makes the ocean safer for marine life.
Switch plastic straws for paper ones.
Straws "have become one of the most ubiquitous unnecessary products on the planet.
No global usage figures exist, but Americans alone use 500 million straws daily..."
Straw Wars: The Fight to Rid the Oceans of Discarded Plastic
Straws "have become one of the most ubiquitous unnecessary products on the planet.
No global usage figures exist, but Americans alone use 500 million straws daily..."
Straw Wars: The Fight to Rid the Oceans of Discarded Plastic
These Infinitely Recyclable Clothes Are Made From Ocean Trash And Other Plastic Waste
World surf champion Kelly Slater is doing something with all the trash in the ocean—he's wearing it.
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Ooho! is a bubble made of seaweed extract containing 250 milliliters of water.
It is entirely biodegradable and natural so you can eat/drink it whole (if not, the membrane decomposes in 4 to 6 weeks). It is a brilliant alternative to plastic water bottles, not only because it reduces the amount of plastic produced and trashed but also because it is much cheaper (it costs only around two cents to produce according to Onegreenplanet). The good people at Skipping Rocks Lab, the brains behind Ooho!, are well on their way to crush plastic pollution. For more about Ooho!, follow the project on Facebook. https://matadornetwork.com/read/honor-earth-day-10-innovations-can-save-planet/ |
Pete Ceglinski and Andrew Turto invented the Seabin, an amazing floating trash can. Although the world’s oceans need a thorough clean-up, Ceglinski and Turton decided to start by taking care of the waters of marinas, private pontoons, inland waterways, residential lakes, harbours, waterways, ports and yacht clubs.
Not only are these areas often heavily polluted, but they are also protected from ocean swells and storms, which makes it easier to collect floating rubbish, oil, fuel and detergents.
The Seabin is automated and works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the process is quite simple. The trash can stays on the water’s surface but is connected to a dock via a water pump.
Water gets sucked into the Seabin, carrying floating debris and floating liquids inside. The waste gets caught inside a net in the trash can and the water flows out into the pump on the dock.
An oil/water separator can be installed in the pump to clean the water before it is sent back into the oceans. To know more about the Seabin, visit the project’s Facebook page.
Not only are these areas often heavily polluted, but they are also protected from ocean swells and storms, which makes it easier to collect floating rubbish, oil, fuel and detergents.
The Seabin is automated and works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the process is quite simple. The trash can stays on the water’s surface but is connected to a dock via a water pump.
Water gets sucked into the Seabin, carrying floating debris and floating liquids inside. The waste gets caught inside a net in the trash can and the water flows out into the pump on the dock.
An oil/water separator can be installed in the pump to clean the water before it is sent back into the oceans. To know more about the Seabin, visit the project’s Facebook page.
The best way to keep plastic from winding up in the ocean is to use less of it.
what can you do to help?
Great Turtle Race STOP PLASTIC TAKING OVER Will you take the pledge?
"Plastic straws, (like single use plastic bags) are one of those items that most of us could live without.
We can all be the solution to the problem by simply 'saying no' to plastic straws."
We can all be the solution to the problem by simply 'saying no' to plastic straws."
A Recycling or Contamination Crisis? an article series by Elemental Impact
Plastic alternatives that really work. Do you know what BAGASSE is? Check this link out from Eco Kloud
Meet the Greens Activity Guide is a great site with real tips families can immediately use to be more green.
The Plastic Ocean Project (POP) POP is bringing the best and brightest leaders to the table to take on the challenge of removing plastics from our oceans while creating sustainable businesses in the process.
Iron Pipe vs. PVC Pipe Video – This is from our friends at the Clean Water Action Network
10 EASY WAYS TO USE LESS PLASTIC
What do those “Recycle” numbers on plastic really mean anyway?
Plastic alternatives that really work. Do you know what BAGASSE is? Check this link out from Eco Kloud
Meet the Greens Activity Guide is a great site with real tips families can immediately use to be more green.
The Plastic Ocean Project (POP) POP is bringing the best and brightest leaders to the table to take on the challenge of removing plastics from our oceans while creating sustainable businesses in the process.
Iron Pipe vs. PVC Pipe Video – This is from our friends at the Clean Water Action Network
10 EASY WAYS TO USE LESS PLASTIC
What do those “Recycle” numbers on plastic really mean anyway?
More Resources
Marine Debris Teaching Resource:
Care for our coast pamphlet
Resources available to support Marine Studies
Ocean Drifters
For more information read: How your plastic trash may be killing sea turtles and other marine life
Visit these sites for more information on the problem of plastic pollution, and for more ways to take action.
Marine Debris Teaching Resource:
Care for our coast pamphlet
Resources available to support Marine Studies
Ocean Drifters
For more information read: How your plastic trash may be killing sea turtles and other marine life
Visit these sites for more information on the problem of plastic pollution, and for more ways to take action.