English Project - Protect our oceans from plastic pollution (Raphael Farnault, Augustin Charmensat) by Raf

Stop the flood of plastic !

augustincharmensat — 2024-05-21 08:38:41 UTC

In 2019, the WWF published a report about the actions the Mediterranean countries can make to protect efficiently the sea. The most important aspect is recycling, because too much waste ends its life in landfills and incineration systems (42% in controlled landfills and 1% in uncontrolled ones). The uncontrolled sites seem not to have a big impact, but they actually are the biggest sources of plastic leakage.

The 7th continent of plastic

augustincharmensat — 2024-05-21 08:40:15 UTC

The seventh continent is not a real continent where you could walk, it represents the areas where there is such a big accumulation of plastic that you can't even see the water under. It's extremely disturbing for the fauna as it changes the marine environment and the marine life.

A threatened environment

raffarnault — 2024-05-21 08:43:21 UTC

Wildlife in the sea is threatened by the pollution of the cities, especially trash. We need a solution to preserve this environment before it's too late.

WWF

augustincharmensat — 2024-05-21 08:54:33 UTC

The World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) is an organization that acts for a better future for the next generations. They are engaged to change the world, and they say out loud what are the most important things to do.

Short term solutions :

raffarnault — 2024-05-21 08:55:50 UTC

Every problem needs a solution, so here is how everyone can act daily just by joining associations, or helping by himself :
- Near the sea, we would like to hire teams to clean the beaches so that the plastic waste doesn't end in the ocean.
- In the sea we need divers to clean spots where marine life is important, to collect trash, and preserve fishes from eating it.

Plastic repartition map

augustincharmensat — 2024-05-22 12:16:45 UTC

This is the map found in the web site of the previous post.

It shows where the plastic waste is located around the world. There are 5 oceanic areas of plastic accumulation : North Pacific, South Pacific, North Atlantic, South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Moreover, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea also have a high plastic concentration, that's why we have to be concerned about stopping pollution !

Effects of plastic pollution on marine life

augustincharmensat — 2024-05-24 08:20:56 UTC

Plastic pollution in the sea is lethal for the marine life.

Macroplastic can capture and entangle fauna, making them vulnerable to predators and injuring them. Moreover, microplastic are invisible to the naked eye and toxic, so wildlife accidentally eat them and poison themselves.

The most vulnerable species are whales, sea turtles, sea birds, fish, and predators (predators because they eat fishes that have plastic in them).

Long term solutions :

augustincharmensat — 2024-05-25 12:04:02 UTC

Here are some useful ideas that could completely change the pollution :

- Governments should improve waste recuperation systems to stop it before it reaches the sea.

- Recycle more types of plastic instead of throwing them in landfillings.

- Invest in plastic alternatives.

- Encouraging people to act and do the solutions presented on the previous post.

- Cities should reinforce the number of trash cans to encourage people to use them so trash doesn't finish in the sea because of the wind.

A presentation made by Augustin Charmensat Negre and Raphael Farnault, on the topic of the plastic pollution in the ocean

raffarnault — 2024-05-27 11:27:07 UTC