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- 2. Photo from AMRFWhendid plastics becomeso popular?Throwaway Living
- 3. What’s Made ofPlastic?
- 4. What is PlasticMade of?SYNTHETICBIODEGRADEABLE
- 5. Q:How many plasticbeverage bottles get used every year in the US?Chris Jordan
- 6. We use 50billionplastic beverage bottles every year in the USDETAIL50,000,000,000Chris Jordan
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- 8. 100 billion plasticbags get used each year in the US.ACUTAL SIZE 100,000,000,000Chris Jordan This is an artist’s visualization of what gets used in just five seconds
- 9. “But I Recycle…”.Whatpercentage of plastic gets recycled in the US?
- 10. CIWMB White PaperLessthan 5%of plastics are recycled…
- 11. Great Pacific GarbagePatchA giant, eternal swirling spiral of floating trashTwice the size of the US and growingHome to an estimated 100 million tons of plastic
- 13. There is 42times more plastic than plankton at some spots in the North Pacific gyre.Source: Algalita Marine Research Foundation
- 14. How Does PlasticEnd Up In the Ocean?
- 15. LA Beaches AfterThe RainBallona CreekAlgalitaSanta Monica Beach Ben Kay
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- 17. All of this(more than a half-pound of plastic) was removed from the stomach of an albatross, a large sea bird
- 18. Q:How many marineanimals die every year due to Plastic?100100,0001,000,000,000
- 19. 100,000 marine mammalsdie each year because of plastic litter in the ocean.B
- 20. Toxic PlasticsPlastics Leechthe Chemicals They Are Made OfThese Chemicals are ‘hormone mimickers’ that affect the Endocrine System.Bisphenol A (BPA)Plastic hardener
- 21. Used in DVDs,canned food lining, baby bottles, water bottles
- 22. Chemical foundin 93% of Americans over the age of 6PhthalatesPlastic softener
- 23. 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
- 24. Bring Your Own…WATERBOTTLE (stainless steel)
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- 28. SILVERWEARUse Biodegradable (PLA)Bioplasticsare 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
Editor's Notes
- #7 We consume 50 billion water bottles every year in the US aloneThat’s almost 8,000 bottles every five secondsSOURCE: ^ "A Fountain On Every Corner", New York Times. Find A Fountain, May 23, 2008.
- #8 WHO CAN GUESS WHAT THIS IS
- #9 Plastic bagsApproximately 100 billion plastic bags are used in the United States each year. That’s just the US. Imagine what it is worldwide.SOURCE: EPAhttp://www.epa.gov/waste/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/mswchar05.pdf
- #13 Scary right?But here’s what’s even scarier. There are four more gyres that they believe may be just as bad.Thisyear Algalita Marine Research sailed to the North and South Atlantic Gyres, so we’ll soon have information on them as well
- #17 What does this look like? These are plastic bags, but they look a lot like jellyifshSee how easy it is to mistake plastic for food, and we KNOW what it looks likeImagine you are a fish and don’t know that plastic exists, you are doing to think it looks a lot like fish
- #23 SO, we’ve flooded your brain with some frightening facts. But here’s the good news. ITS REALLY EASY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Start by BRINGING YOUR OWNWATER BOTTLES (safer, cheaper, look cool) ecousable sells cheap ones, we sell them too!BAG (for shopping, not just groceries, but clothes too); keep them in your car or bike basked: chico bags fold up and fit anywhere like your purseMUG or CUP for coffee shop (they’ll usually give you a discount) restaurants for soda tooTUPPERWARE or TIFFIN for leftovers or lunches instead to go boxesSILERWEAR (we make and sell our own fork and spoon pouches and you can use what you’ve got at home) this is a bamboo setKEEP a jar in your car with silverwear –use it for a cup and you’ve got what you need for a party)
- #24 Polylactic acid (PLA) = plastic substitute made from fermented plant starch (usually corn) PLA can “BIODEGRADE” into carbon dioxide and water within 3 months in an INDUSTRIAL COMPOSTING facility (heated to 140 degrees Fahrenheit and fed a steady diet of digestive microbes); currently just over 100 facilities in the US; PLA makes it wetter and acidicEstimated that it could take anywhere from 100 to 1,000 years to decompose in a landfill (According a Smithsonian study) + “renewable” resource; doesn’t emit GHG’s when incinerated#7 plastic, but will contaminate plastics if recycledUsually made from genetically modified cornSOURCE: Earth Talk. The Environmental Magazine, Smithsonian http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/10022381.htmlhttp://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/pla-corn-plastics-460608
- #26 Sources: An Implementation Strategy for the California Ocean Protection Council Resolution to Reduce and Prevent Ocean Litter July 24, 2008
- #27 Talk about the Green Ambassadors philosophy. It starts with you in the middle. Share what you learn, and empower others to share what they learn