Ways to Minimize Your Impact on the Garbage Island

By throwing out trash we have all contributed to this mess and it will take everyone working together to stop it from getting worse. We need to rethink how we are using plastic and creating trash and start living a more ocean-friendly lifestyle.

This list of ways to minimize your impact on the Garbage Island come from three organizations working on cleaning up the trash in our oceans, Algalita Marine Research Foundation, Ocean Conservancy and Green Peace.

· 1. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

· 2. Buy items in bulk with less packaging.

· 3. Give up plastic grocery bags.

· 4. Don't buy plastic sandwich bags.

· 5. Stop Using Bottled Water.

· 6. Buy Durable not Disposable.

· 7. Buy items made of recycled materials.

· 8. Buy food that is produced locally.

· 9. Pick up litter and dispose of it properly..

· 10. Demand more and better recycling facilities in your area.

· 11. Take Part in a Local Clean Up.

· 12. Watch the Storm Drains.

· 13. Become more Mindful of your Plastic Consumption and Trash Production.

· 14. Be very conscious of your ecological footprint.

· 15. Do not accept the current paradigm of use and waste.

Recycled Island Is Hawaii On Floating Trash

An island, the size of Hawaii, built entirely from the plastic waste.

Singapore: Garbage Island Turns Into Nature's Bounty.

Nearly 400,000 volunteers at 6,485 sites in 104 countries and 42 U.S. states picked up trash along the world's ocean and waterways on a single day in September 2008.

These volunteers collected 7 million pounds of debris collected in world's waterways including 1,362,741 cigarette butts in the United States; 19,504 fishing nets in the United Kingdom; and 11,077 diapers in the Philippines

The 10 most common debris items found worldwide were ranked during the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup in September 2008:

1. Cigarettes and filters, 3,216,991

2. Plastic bags, 1,377,141

3. Food wrappers and containers, 942,620

4. Caps and lids, 937,804

5. Plastic bottles, 714,892

6. Paper bags, 530,607

7. Straws and stirrers, 509,593

8. Cups, plates, forks, knives and spoons, 441,053

9. Glass bottles, 434,990

10. Drink cans, 401,412

Дата добавления: 2015-10-26