The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch . Location . 1 000 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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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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