The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Location 1000 Miles

From California

Twice

Were Did it Come From

Companies

80 Percent

Traveling Trash

Far Away

What’s the Problem

Most Common Debris

Cigarettes and filters Plastic bags Food wrappers and containers Caps and lids Plastic bottles Paper bags Straws and stirrers Cups, plates, forks, knives and spoons Glass bottles Drink cans

Types of Marine Life Affected by Garbage Whales

Dolphins

Waterfowl

Turtles

Fish

Asphyxiation

Strangulation

Contamination

Entanglement

Facts on Trash

2 million plastic bottles

How Much Trash

An Ecosystem of Stakeholders

100,000 Dolphins, Whales, Turtles

1,ooo,o00 Sea Birds

Bisphenol A

People, Businesses, Industries

Government and Money

Possible Solutions

Stop

Education

Officers

Available to Recycle

The End

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