Ocean Debris

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Transcript of Ocean Debris

By: Celina and Shannon

About Ocean Debris/Dumping

What you can do to help?

Environmental Issues

Conclusion

Human created waste that pollution the oceans

Types of debris:

– Material Waste

– Industrial Waste

– Sewage Sludge

– Radioactive Waste

Littering

Runoff

– Chemicals used on farms contaminate rivers

Industrial waste

– 17 million tons of industrialized waste was LEGALLY dumped

Radioactive waste

– From power plants, stays radioactive for decades

There is no such thing as “out of site out of mind”

The environmental issues are:

– Kills marine life

– The water is not safe

– Hard to restore

– Contributes to global warming

Organize a clean up for your local beach

Donate to a Organization to clean the oceans

Avoid littering

In Conclusion, we have no choice but to start taking care of our oceans unless we’re willing to doom ourselves into what will become of them.

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

H.O.P.E.Helping Oceans with Pollution Effectively

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