This document discusses several environmental issues affecting Hawaii, including plastic pollution, volcanic air pollution (VOG), and garbage accumulation. It notes that 8 million tons of plastic enter oceans annually, killing over 100 million marine animals yearly. Plastic debris is prevalent on Hawaiian beaches and causes respiratory problems for humans. One beach, Kamilo Point, accumulates thousands of pounds of trash each year from ocean currents and is considered one of the dirtiest in the world. The Hawaii Wildlife Fund collected 15,000 pounds of garbage from this beach in a few months. The document advocates for reducing plastic use and recycling to help address these problems.

1. Environmental issues
in Hawaii
Summer Knudsen

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

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. VOG in Hawaii

6. VOG is harmful to the environment
“Hawaii island received a failing
grade for particle pollution in the
air, according to an American Lung
Association report card released
today”

7. For people with asthma and other respiratory
problems, it can be a lot more serious, causing a
tightening of the airways in the lungs and making
it hard to breathe.
In healthy people can cause headaches,
watery eyes, sore throats, flulike symptoms, a
lack of energy and breathing problems
Health risk

8. The ocean’s currents and powerful trade winds
deposit thousands of pounds of man-made trash on
this beach each year.
Hawaii’s garbage patch on Kamilo
beach
Kamilo Point, on the big island known as one of
the dirtiest beaches in the world

9. In just a few months, the
Hawaii Wildlife Fund
(HWF) collected and
hauled away 15,000
pounds of trash, nylon nets
and fishing line from
Kamilo Beach.

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

11. We can make a
difference!

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