Plastic Pollution In Our Ocean

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Plastic PollutionIn Our Ocean
Ocean Elements Sdn Bhd (613001-W) www.oceanelement
s.my
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Contents

• 1 Plastic Pollution
• Living with plastics
• What we throw away
• Plastic pollution on our beach
• What can we do?
• 2 Project AWARE

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Living with Plastics
Every year, more than 200 Million tonnes of
plastics are produced all over the world.
200 Million tonnes 200,000,000,000 kilograms!
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Living with Plastics
Every week, 10 Billion plastic bags are used
around the world
10 Billion 10,000,000,000 plastic bags!
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What We Throw Away
6 Million tonnes 6,000,000,000 kilograms
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!
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What We Throw Away
Plastics that we throw away go into the drain,
then into streams, rivers and finally, the
oceans.
Photo source www.mazidulakmal.com
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What We Throw Away
Plastics take MORE THAN 450 YEARS to decompose
(i.e. to break down)
Plastic bottles 450 Years!
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What We Throw Away
Today it is estimated that 100 Million tonnes of
plastics are FLOATING in our Oceans.
100,000,000,000 kilograms of plastic floating in
the sea today!
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What We Throw Away
These floating plastics then come together in
areas called the Plastic Soup
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What We Throw Away
In the ocean, plastic materials break into
smaller pieces that float in the sea water like
soup".
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What We Throw Away
These tiny plastics are then eaten by fish like
this Rainbow runner and other marine animals
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What We Throw Away
Some poor animals also get tangled up with these
plastic materials as they swim in the sea.
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Plastic Pollution on Our Beach
A beach in Malaysia polluted by plastics! Not so
beautiful now isnt it?
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Plastic Pollution on Our Beach
A remote area in North America polluted by
plastics from the sea.
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Plastic Pollution on Our Beach
A beach on a remote island about 1,500km from
Hawaii. Plastic arrives here!
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What Can We Do?
Try not to use plastic bag so much!
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What Can We Do?
Avoid using plastic food containers and utensils
(fork, spoon, straw etc.)
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What Can We Do?
Use water bottles that we can re-fill and re-use!
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What Can We Do?
Pick up thrash and rubbish from our beaches!
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What Can We Do?
Take part in beach clean-up activities!
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What Can We Do?
Organize a beach clean-up event with your friends
and family!
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What Can We Do?
If youre a scuba diver, why not take part in an
underwater clean-up?
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What Can We Do?
Tell your family and friends about this issue of
plastic pollution!
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Project AWARE
www.projectaware.org
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Project AWARE
1 Project AWARE is an International
Non-profit Organization established in 1989
2 AWARE - Aquatic World Awareness,
Responsibility and Education
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Project AWARE
2 Main Focus
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Marine Debris
Project AWARE Coordinators such as Ocean
Elements organizes beach clean-up, underwater
clean-up and other conservation activities
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Marine Debris
Statistics on Marine Debris activities by Project
AWARE in 2012
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Marine Debris
Statistics from our Beach Clean-upevent in
Dungun,Terengganu (2012)
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Shark Conservation

• Every year, more than 38 Million
• sharks are killed to get their fins
• Malaysia is the 10th LARGEST
• exporter of shark fins in the world!

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Shark Conservation
Today 70 80 shark species are already extinct
(meaning they have all been killed or have died!)
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