https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid All countries need to reduce the usage of plastic. en-us 2019-02-25 14:30:49 UTC 2019-03-06 19:21:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/336913658 The plastic-rich portion of the ocean is a product of swirling currents, known as the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, that gather and concentrate debris. What's more, while the heaviest bits of plastic inflate the measure of the debris patch, those pieces pose less of an environmental threat, because they are too large for marine creatures to mistake for food. ]]> 2019-03-01 16:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/336913658 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/337028242 Rather than ban plastic bags outright, many countries and cities have enacted legislation that requires customers to pay a standard fee to receive a bag. In the District of Columbia, for example, patrons are required to pay five cents to receive a plastic bag and all disposable bags must be recyclable. ]]> 2019-03-01 20:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/337028242 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/337042567 In addition to public policy that aims to restrict consumer use of plastic goods, retailers and manufacturers have also taken steps to reduce waste. Many restaurants and bars have voluntarily begun to use more ecologically friendly materials and stopped offering plastic straws to patrons unless the customer asks. Grocers in Austin, Texas, launched in.gredients, a packaging-free grocery store, in 2012, which has inspired similar enterprises around the world. ]]> 2019-03-01 21:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/337042567 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/337044975 The Philippines, for example, is the world's third biggest plastic polluter. Waste material, even from municipal collections, makes its way into the river systems and, from there, out into the open Pacific, contributing to its "plastic soup." But it's largely what happens on land that determines the load the oceans must bear.]]> 2019-03-01 21:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/337044975 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/337047872 Most plastic waste would look like foods that some sea creatures eat. The plastic waste that most people leave in the oceans would either injure a creature or kill it.]]> 2019-03-01 21:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/337047872 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/337049623 The plastic waste that some companies leave around the world can give the environment many injuries to its animals. It will affect the human race at some point, or maybe it already has. ]]> 2019-03-01 21:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/337049623 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338380653 2019-03-06 14:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338380653 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338389185 2019-03-06 14:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338389185 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338389845 2019-03-06 14:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338389845 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338393592 2019-03-06 14:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338393592 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338396721 2019-03-06 14:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338396721 105646 https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338398298 2019-03-06 14:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/105646/g4sjmmpjcbid/wish/338398298