Ocean Littering
"We are in the midst of a mad out of control plastic consumption experiment,"
-Marine Expert, Paul Rose

HOW MUCH LITTER?

DID YOU KNOW...?

• 60-80% of litter starts out on land.
• Litter will not decompose until long after we're dead.
• Thousands of animals in the ocean are killed every year due to litter.

THIS IS PEANUT

PROBLEMS?

• Marine life can consume the litter and die.
• Coral reefs can shrink.

HOW DOES IT EFFECT US?

WHAT ARE SOME SOLUTIONS?

CITATIONS

• Photo Credit: Kimb0lene via Compfight cc

CITATIONS (CONT.)

• Photo Credit: Neville Wootton Photography via Compfight cc

CITATIONS (CONT.)

• "Peanut's Story." : Minnesota DNR. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2015.
• Garbage on Beach. N.d. National Geographic, Acapulca. National Geographic. Web. 29 Apr. 2015.

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• "Fish Have Feelings Too!" Small Ship Safaris RSS. N.p., 20 June 2014. Web. 29 Apr. 2015.
• "'We Are Sitting On A Time Bomb'" The Huffington Post UK. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2015.

CITATIONS (CONT.)

• Klinck, Betty. "Litter, litter everywhere." USA Today 13 Apr. 2010: 10B. Student Resources in Context. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverT...

CITATIONS (CONT.)

• "Boater trash, litter can harm wildlife." UPI NewsTrack 2 July 2005. Student Resources in Context. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverT...