Plastic waste is a major problem for Hawaii's marine life and beaches. An estimated 8 million tons of plastic enter the world's oceans each year, and over 100 million marine animals die annually from ingesting or entanglement in plastic debris. Solutions proposed in the document include preventing plastic from entering oceans through education efforts, recycling and reuse programs, and paying homeless individuals to collect trash from beaches. The goal is to reduce plastic pollution and its harmful impacts on Hawaii's environment and marine life.

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/