Ideas to help solve the damaging effects of plastic pollution in the ocean.

1. Solving the damage of plastic waste
in Hawaii
Summer Knudsen

2. 8 million tons of plastic
enter the ocean every
year
This causes many serious
issues throughout the
Hawaiian islands

3. Plastic: the silent
killer of marine
life
Over 100 million marine
animals are killed each year due
to plastic debris in the ocean.

4. Doesn’t just hurt marine species
• Also harmful to humans
• Plastic absorbs highly toxic
pollutants and has a wide range
of chronic effects, including
cancer-causing mutations that
affect the fish we eat.

5. - PREVENTION through education
Possible solutions
-recycling/reusing
-Awarding people for

6. “Although the marine debris
plaguing Hawaii is the most
widespread type of trash in
our oceans, it is also some of
the most preventable waste”
-NOAA

7. Educating parents and
children can prevent
further damage
We can teach students at
school about plastic
pollution and how to help

8. - reusable grocery bags
Recycling/reusing
-reusable water bottles
-using recycle centers

9. Jobs for beach clean up
• We can pay the homeless
to pick up trash on the
beach and recycle it.

10. We can make a
difference!

11. Sources
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• http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/ocean_plastics/