Plastic Oceans - 10 Blue 2019 - Kieran Joe by Kieran Joe https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5 Causes, consequences, solutions en-us 2019-03-14 19:56:18 UTC 2026-03-25 01:48:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png INSTRUCTIONS 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341521882
  • On the board, post causes, consequences and solutions from what you have learned about the issue of plastic oceans.  
  • Add pictures and videos to illustrate your points.  
  • When you have added you information and/or images, and the post is on the board, click on the three dots (...) that appear when you move the pointer over the box.  
  • Colour code your post - it is a cause, a consequence, or a solution? 
  • Move your posts around so they are in some for of order, e.g. all causes together, or a consequence next to its direct cause. 
  • Connect your post to show how they are linked to each other. You can do this by clicking on ... again, and selecting "Connect to a post".  This will add arrows to show the connections.  The posts will remain connected, no matter where you move them.  
  • Delete this post once you have finished your summary. 
    • ]]>     2019-03-14 19:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341521882     CAUSES 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341521883 - 12 million tonnes of plastic enter our oceans every year]]> 2019-03-14 19:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341521883 CONSEQUENCES 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341521884 - A stranded whale died after ingesting 30 plastic bags
    - There is a garbage patch over double the size of Texas or almost the size of Alaska (1.6 million km^2)
    - Roughly %70 of plastic ends up on the sea floor and breaks into tiny particles 
    - animals mistake microplastics for food and eat them and die
    - areas are being poisoned my mountains of plastic leaking toxins into their ground and water
    - biomagnified toxins]]>     2019-03-14 19:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341521884     SOLUTIONS 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341521885 - Panama and Kenya have banned plastic bags.
    - Countries have levies on single-use plastics
    - the Ellen MacArthur Foundation aims to create a circular plastic economy of sell,use,recycle instead of a linear one of make,use,dispose
    - Stop putting needless plastics into things (e.g microbeads in toothpaste, plastic cotton buds, cup lids)
    - Triocup has made a paper cup that doesnt need a lid because it can fold ]]>     2019-03-14 19:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341521885     1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341529741 %13 of packaging is multi-layer]]> 2019-03-14 20:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341529741 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341529962 Average of 43kg of plastic per capita]]> 2019-03-14 20:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341529962 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341530222 More than 100 billion plastic coffee cups sold annually]]> 2019-03-14 20:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341530222 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341530775 100 garbage bags worth off plastic waste per second]]> 2019-03-14 20:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341530775 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341531216 360 million tonnes of plastic produced annually]]> 2019-03-14 20:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341531216 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341532051 Bottled water from all corners of the globe contains microscopic plastic particles]]> 2019-03-14 20:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341532051 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341532692 Coca-Cola produces 3 million tonnes of plastic packaging a year, equivalent to 200,00 bottles a minute]]> 2019-03-14 20:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341532692 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341533022 Army of volunteers collects over 7000 tonnes of plastic in weekly beach cleanups.
    - Bioremediation
    - Plasma torches
    - Pyrolysis
    - Return to nurdles
    - ]]>     2019-03-14 20:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341533022     1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341535036 Countries have levies on ]]> 2019-03-14 20:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/341535036 1816711 https://padlet.com/1816711/q1kc4k2xdkc5/wish/342160541 136 kilo of single use plastic per person per year

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