I think everyone has a responsibility to keep the plant clean. There are a number of projects that there working to remove the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, one is Project Kaisei. You can google it. There are others.
I agree with Shona. We all have a responsibility to keep our planet clean, that includes our land, waters and the atmosphere. I think we would also be wasting time by trying to decide ‘who’ should clean it up. It’s better to just get on with the job of removing the waste.
I checked out the Project Kaisei (https://www.projectkaisei.org/index.aspx) and it looks like a great organisation @Shona. Here’s how they engage with students like yourself:
“Project Kaisei is forming relationships with schools, and will deliver school and college ocean recovery content on a face-to-face basis as well as on-line. Project Kaisei will also organize school competitions focusing on identifying, collecting and creatively reusing marine debris or local plastic waste, using on-line video social networking technology to showcase local efforts. With sponsors and partners, we would like to offer awards and create a national showcase for the most innovative projects.”
Everyone should feel responsible for their own rubbish. If no one littered there wouldn’t be a problem! Unfortunately some people are just selfish and don’t care what damage they are doing. So its important to pick up any rubbish you see lying on the floor (especially at the beach) whether its yours or not. I also think governments have an important role in helping to spread awareness and imposing fines on people caught littering the beaches. It would be a good idea to give life guards the right to fine people who litter on the beach the money could go towards the surf life saving fund!
But its not just plastics and litter in general going into our oceans and polluting them. There is also a big problem with chemicals leaching into rivers from the land and ending up in the ocean. Things like PCBs and DDTs (pesticides), flame retardants, heavy metals and hydrocarbons from oil spills and petrol from cars all end up in our oceans and cause huge damage to wildlife. We can help this individually by making sure our cars are working properly (not leaking or giving out really bad exhaust fumes). But as for the other things its the government that will need to implement stricter guidelines about the usage of the various chemicals. For example, flame retardants are used on almost every piece of furniture in most homes. They are used on curtains, sofas, mattresses, bed linen, carpets, etc (they are really bad for human health too!). They are showing up in marine animals body tissues and cause all kinds of illnesses in the animals but they continue to be used for some reason.
DInghy65, I echo all the others sentiments.
I would say that I would count it a victory if we could stop polluting the ocean more and accept the pollution that is currently in there. Over time it will either aggregate and be a problem to solve, or disburse and be dealt with by nature.
Somethings we will never get out. I discovered today that the tracers you take for an MRI scan are the best (modern) tracers of the fate of human sewage. The MRI tracers pass though you, into thesewerage, into the rivers, out into the oceans and can be detected at very low concentrations. Great eh?
I think everyone has a responsibility to keep the plant clean. There are a number of projects that there working to remove the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, one is Project Kaisei. You can google it. There are others.
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I agree with Shona. We all have a responsibility to keep our planet clean, that includes our land, waters and the atmosphere. I think we would also be wasting time by trying to decide ‘who’ should clean it up. It’s better to just get on with the job of removing the waste.
I checked out the Project Kaisei (https://www.projectkaisei.org/index.aspx) and it looks like a great organisation @Shona. Here’s how they engage with students like yourself:
“Project Kaisei is forming relationships with schools, and will deliver school and college ocean recovery content on a face-to-face basis as well as on-line. Project Kaisei will also organize school competitions focusing on identifying, collecting and creatively reusing marine debris or local plastic waste, using on-line video social networking technology to showcase local efforts. With sponsors and partners, we would like to offer awards and create a national showcase for the most innovative projects.”
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Everyone should feel responsible for their own rubbish. If no one littered there wouldn’t be a problem! Unfortunately some people are just selfish and don’t care what damage they are doing. So its important to pick up any rubbish you see lying on the floor (especially at the beach) whether its yours or not. I also think governments have an important role in helping to spread awareness and imposing fines on people caught littering the beaches. It would be a good idea to give life guards the right to fine people who litter on the beach the money could go towards the surf life saving fund!
But its not just plastics and litter in general going into our oceans and polluting them. There is also a big problem with chemicals leaching into rivers from the land and ending up in the ocean. Things like PCBs and DDTs (pesticides), flame retardants, heavy metals and hydrocarbons from oil spills and petrol from cars all end up in our oceans and cause huge damage to wildlife. We can help this individually by making sure our cars are working properly (not leaking or giving out really bad exhaust fumes). But as for the other things its the government that will need to implement stricter guidelines about the usage of the various chemicals. For example, flame retardants are used on almost every piece of furniture in most homes. They are used on curtains, sofas, mattresses, bed linen, carpets, etc (they are really bad for human health too!). They are showing up in marine animals body tissues and cause all kinds of illnesses in the animals but they continue to be used for some reason.
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DInghy65, I echo all the others sentiments.
I would say that I would count it a victory if we could stop polluting the ocean more and accept the pollution that is currently in there. Over time it will either aggregate and be a problem to solve, or disburse and be dealt with by nature.
Somethings we will never get out. I discovered today that the tracers you take for an MRI scan are the best (modern) tracers of the fate of human sewage. The MRI tracers pass though you, into thesewerage, into the rivers, out into the oceans and can be detected at very low concentrations. Great eh?
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