Plastic Pollution! by Mitchell https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm Information about en-us 2020-09-16 23:09:17 UTC 2025-11-19 14:31:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f40b.png What is plastic pollution in water? reidmi3 https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/757488711
Plastic pollution is when plastic is floating around the ocean. Plastic can break down into something called micro-plastics.]]> 2020-09-18 01:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/757488711 Great Pacific garbage patch. willsr3 https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/757510714 The great pacific garbage patch is a set of massive "islands" of rubbish. This patch of garbage is over 1.6 million square-km.]]> 2020-09-18 01:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/757510714 What are micro-plastics and why should we care about them? reidmi3 https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/757793820 Micro-plastics are pieces of plastic that are invisible to the naked human eye. We can not pick them up, therefore it is very hard to rid the oceans of them. Unfortunately, fish eat them all the time and then we kill the fish and eat them. When we eat micro-plastics, in rare circumstances it can lead to death. They can also block up your stomach. Micro-plastics can be in the air as well.]]> 2020-09-18 04:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/757793820 My action. reidmi3 https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/757810646 For my action I cleaned up the pond at school and the area surrounding it. I found out that most of the rubbish was from tuck-shop. After that I put up posters on the pond fence and at tuck-shop.]]> 2020-09-18 04:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/757810646 What you can do to help reidmi3 https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/824110905 When you see a piece of rubbish you could pick it up and put it in a bin. 

Talk to your parents about getting less food from the supermarket in plastic packaging.

Don't buy plastic water bottles. Instead you could take a reusable water bottle with you.

When you buy beauty products, see if they have micro-beads in them and if they do, try to avoid buying them.

One word... RECYCLE!!!!

Spread the word of no littering to your friends and family.

Avoid fast food as much as you can because nearly all of it come in plastic.]]> 2020-10-13 08:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/824110905 Fun Facts! reidmi3 https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/826862197 #1: pollution rose over 50% in 30 years in Africa, Asia and Latin America. These were all river stretches.

#2: 9% of plastic waste ever is recycled.

#3: 12% of plastic is incinerated.

#4: And 79% of plastic ends up in a landfill or the environment.]]> 2020-10-13 23:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/826862197 How can other types of water pollution start. reidmi3 https://padlet.com/reidmi3/padzauk5fnmqscnm/wish/826929830  Sewage leaks.
 Oil spills.
 Toxic waste.
 Once a river caught on fire because of chemical waste.
 Mining activities.
 Burning of fossil fuels.
 Global warming.
 Animal waste.
 Population growth.
 Expansion of agriculture. 
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