The document discusses the growing issue of plastic pollution and its impacts. It notes that 2 million plastic bottles are used in the US every 5 minutes and that less than 5% of plastics are recycled. It also states that 2 billion pounds of plastic enter the oceans each year and that 100,000 marine mammals die annually due to plastic in the oceans. The document advocates for reducing single-use plastics and increasing reuse and recycling to address this problem.

2. Photo from AMRFWhen did plastics become so popular?Throwaway Living

3. What’s Made of Plastic?

4. What is Plastic Made of?SYNTHETICBIODEGRADEABLE

5. Q:How many plastic beverage bottles get used in the US every five minutes?Chris Jordan HINT: How many plastic bottles can you count in this picture?

6. DETAILTwo millionplastic beverage bottles get used in the US everyfive minutes.2,000,000Chris Jordan

7. Chris Jordan

8. ACUTAL SIZE 60,000 plastic bags get used every five seconds in the US.60,000Chris Jordan

9. “But I Recycle…”.What percentage of plastic gets recycled in the US?

10. Plastic Generation and RecoveryCIWMB White PaperLess than 5% of plastics are recycled……and when they are, they are shipped overseas

11. What Do Those Numbers Mean?The Daily Green#1 & #2#3 & #6Visit Earth911.com to see what your town recycles

12. Q:How much plastic reaches the ocean each HOUR? 12,000 pounds1.5 million pounds2 billion pounds

13. 2 billion pounds of plastic pollution enter the oceans every year!2,000,000,000Chris Jordan

14. How Does Plastic End Up In the Ocean?

15. How Does Plastic End Up In the Ocean?

16. LA Beaches After The RainBallona CreekAlgalitaSanta Monica Beach Ben Kay

17. Great Pacific Garbage PatchA giant, eternal swirling spiral of floating trash 90% plastic

18. There is 42 times more plastic than plankton at some spots in the North Pacific gyre.AMRF

19. Surfrider FoundationChris Jordan Chris Jordan Chris Jordan

20. All of this (more than a half-pound of plastic) was removed from the stomach of an albatross, a large sea bird

21. Gregg SegalLisa Openshaw

22. Q:How many marine animals die every year due to Plastic?100100,0001,000,000,000

23. 100,000 marine mammals die each year because of plastic litter in the North Pacific.BAlgalita

24. ©Dino Ferri http://www.auduboninstitute.org/zoohttp://news.bbc.co.uk

25. Toxic PlasticsPlastics Leech the Chemicals They Are Made OfThese Chemicals are ‘hormone mimickers’ that affect the Endocrine System.Bisphenol A (BPA)Plastic hardener

26. Used in DVDs, canned food lining, baby bottles, water bottles

27. Chemical found in 93% of Americans over the age of 6PhthalatesPlastic softener

28. Found in toys, food packaging, shower curtains, nail polish, hair spray and shampoo, baby teething ringsPlastic BathA study of 20 teens across America detected 16 chemicals from 4 chemical families including plastic (phthalates) in their blood and urine. Look up your products at SKIN DEEPwww.cosmeticsdatabase.com

29. Toxic ToysCLOTH ERNIE  Europe Mexico, Argentina, Japan, CanadaEU Banned phthalates in 1999PLASTIC ERNIE  US(Made with Phthalates)California passed a law in 2008, loopholes still make it possible to sell toys with phthalates in US

30. Bring Your Own…WATER BOTTLE (stainless steel)

31. BAG

32. CUP

33. TUPPERWARE

34. SILVERWEARUse Biodegradable (PLA)Bioplastics are better, but not the answerRequire INDUSTRIAL COMPOSTING (140° and fed microbes)Cannot be recycled; can contaminate if mixed in“Renewable;” but genetically-modifiedDoes not emit GHG’swhen incineratedDon’t break down inthe water