# Beat Plastic Pollution by https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1 Please share your Ideas: 1. ways to raise awarness about plastic pollution 2. How do we solve the Plastic pollution problem? en-us 2019-01-22 11:12:16 UTC 2026-02-11 19:17:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Plastic Pollution https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/322957714 Awarness:
- Plastic is affecting human health and resulting in different types of cancer
- Plastic in seas and oceans is eaten by fish  which are eaten by humans
- Using plastic cups or spoons for any  hot drinks is carcinogenic
- Microwaving plastic is carcinogenic

Solutions:
- Finding ways to recycle plastic
- New ideas for mass inclusion of plastics in new innovative industries
- Minimizing the use of plastics
- Finding alternatives for plastics
- Proper disposal of plastics

Alaa

]]> 2019-01-22 13:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/322957714 Firstly, we should ask the students to identify the plastic materials around them that is in their homes, school and malls etc. https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323022274 Secondly, for every plastic material they identify, ask them the alternatives.
Amjad ]]> 2019-01-22 15:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323022274 Step1: awareness:They should identify the disadvantages and hazards to health. Tehmina2 https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323311635 step2: minimize the use of it, look for alternative.
Step 3 : clean-up:first at home, at school,then the outer world.
dumping the thrash properly, in separate bins available at school.Then recycling.
tehmina]]> 2019-01-23 05:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323311635 denisenambiar https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323311758 Grade 9 and 10 students could do a survey/investigation to determine how many plastic items they/ their families use per week. ( probably make a list per day) 
Count the cost of these
Then use Amjad's idea.
Denise]]> 2019-01-23 05:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323311758 Plastic Pollution edward_gakpe https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323311846 Awareness:
Formal education e.g. schools
Informal education: poster display in communities, organizing symposium in communities, flyer distributions in communities etc.
Solutions:
Short Term:
  1. Encourage students to dispose plastics properly.
  2. Embark on community clean up on regular basis- twice per term.
Long Term: By governments and  environmental NGOs.
  1. Formulation of legislature to reduce plastic production.
  2. Incentives for companies using alternate/degradable materials. 
Edward
]]> 2019-01-23 05:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323311846 denisenambiar https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323312273 -Assembly talks by students
- classroom competitions 

]]> 2019-01-23 05:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323312273 plastic water bottle huiam_eltom https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323312879 create one group to count how many water bottles each class consume per day.
solutions:
1. try to reduce or replace the small bottles by the big bottles per day.
2. recycle the used bottles for agriculture small plants.(stream projects)
Huiam]]> 2019-01-23 05:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323312879 Visual field trip to plastic waste management sites (maybe plastic recycling plant in al ain) Figures show that 70 per cent of litter on beaches comprise plastic, with items such as straws, cups and stirrers making up 20 per cent. https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323317318
Mohammed Asim]]> 2019-01-23 06:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/fawzi_eldine/ett3g7crqk1/wish/323317318