Plastic PollutionPlastic PollutionIn Our OceanIn Our Ocean

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1: Plastic Pollution

• Living with plastics

• What we throw away…

• Plastic pollution on our beach

• What can we do?

2: Project AWARE

Every year, more than 200 Million

tonnes of plastics are produced all over the

world.

200 Million tonnes = 200,000,000,000 kilograms!

Every week, 10 Billion plastic bags

are used around the world

10 Billion = 10,000,000,000 plastic bags!

Sadly, every year 6 Million tonnes of rubbish and thrash that we throw away end up in our Oceans.

90% of the rubbish are PLASTICS!

6 Million tonnes = 6,000,000,000

kilograms

Plastics that we throw away go into the drain, then into streams, rivers

and finally, the oceans.

Plastics take MORE THAN

450 YEARS to decompose

(i.e. to break down)

Today it is estimated that

100 Million tonnes of

plastics are FLOATING in our Oceans.

These floating plastics then

come together in areas called

the “Plastic Soup”

In the ocean, plastic materials break into smaller pieces that float in the sea water like “soup".

These tiny plastics are

then eaten by fish like this

Rainbow runner and

other marine animals

Some poor animals also

get tangled up with these

plastic materials as

they swim in the sea.

A beach in Malaysia

polluted by plastics! Not so beautiful now isn’t it?

A remote area in North America

polluted by plastics from

the sea.

A beach on a remote

island about 1,500km

from Hawaii. Plastic

arrives here!

Try not to use plastic bag so

much!

Avoid using plastic food containers and

utensils (fork, spoon, straw etc.)

Use water bottles that

we can re-fill and re-use!

Pick up thrash and rubbish

from our beaches!

Take part in beach clean-up activities!

Organize a beach clean-

up event with your friends and family!

If you’re a scuba diver,

why not take part in an

underwater clean-up?

Tell your family and

friends about this issue of

plastic pollution!

Project AWAREProject AWAREwww.projectaware.org

1: Project AWARE is an International Non-profit Organization established in 1989

2: AWARE - Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education

2 Main Focus:

Project AWARE “Coordinators” such

as Ocean Elements organizes beach

clean-up, underwater clean-

up and other conservation

activities

Statistics on Marine Debris activities by Project AWARE in 2012

Statistics from our Beach Clean-upevent in Dungun,

Terengganu (2012)

Every year, more than 38 Millionsharks are killed to get their fins

Malaysia is the 10th LARGESTexporter of shark fins in the

world!

Today 70 – 80% shark species are already extinct (meaning

they have all been killed or have died!)

Thank YouThank You

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