Effects on Marine Life
Sea turtles often mistake plastic bags for this favorite food.
What is jellyfish?
This type of ban, adopted by many countries and cities, targets disposable bags that often end up in the ocean.
What is a plastic bag ban?
Special activities and promotions to encourage responsible waste management practices to reduce and eliminate pollution.
What are campaigns?
The overuse of products containing a variety of chemicals can have this potential damaging effect on coral reefs.
What is bleaching?
This common single-use plastic item is one of the top items found during beach cleanups.
What is a plastic bottle?
Floating debris like plastic bottles can carry this type of species to new ecosystems, disrupting native life.
What is invasive species?
This “R” often comes after reduce and reuse in the waste hierarchy.
What is recycle?
Materials that can be utilized multiple times and help to reduce waste.
What is reuseable?
When there is an excess of Co2 from the atmosphere dissolving into the ocean, which creates carbonic acid and causes what?
What is ocean acidification?
These lightweight plastic objects used for dining often end up in the ocean and can harm wildlife.
What is plastic utensils?
Plastics in the ocean can absorb harmful chemicals, which then enter the food chain when fish eat them.
What is bioaccumulation?
These community-led events remove trash from shorelines and raise awareness.
What are beach cleanups?
The process used to assess the effects that a proposed development project may have on the environment.
What is an environmental impact assessment / EIA?
Microplastics, sediments and toxic substances are all examples of what?
What are pollutants?
Plastics that are broken down into smaller bits of plastic.
What are microplastics?
Animals like seabirds, turtles, and whales mistake plastic items for food, leading to this internal issue that can cause starvation despite a full stomach.
What is intestinal blockage?
Overflowing bins, littering and illegal dumping are all examples of what terrible practice?
What is improper waste disposal?
A model of production and consumption that extends the lifecycle of existing materials and products by reusing, sharing, repairing, recycling and refurbishing as many times as possible.
What is a circular economy?
This is an element in the periodic table and is also present in fish when contamination occurs from heavy amounts of metal from activities such as burning.
What is mercury?
This is typically used for drinking and is a single use item.
What is a plastic straw?
This structure, vital for marine biodiversity, is physically damaged by marine debris such as nets and ropes that get snagged and break its fragile framework.
What is coral reef?
What is the name of the project which specifically targets marine debris and focuses on the protection of the sea? Hint: The name begins with "P" and has been mentioned several times during engagements.
What is PROMAR?
When you use less of something in a conscious effort to "cut back".
What is reducing?
How many different classes of plastic are there?
What is 7?
Goggles, ropes, fishing nets and diving equipment that have been abandoned and end up either on the coastline or in the sea are known as what?
What is ghost-fishing gear?