Life Cycle
Plastic is made from these.
What is natural, organic materials such as cellulose, coal, natural gas, salt and, of course, crude oil?
"Whereas only five percent of adults in the United States reported using a social media platform in 2005, that number is now around 70 percent."
What type of evidence is this?
logos
This is how gyres affect plastic in the ocean.
What is bring plastic together and help break it down?
These three things break down plastic in the ocean.
What is sunlight, wave action and salt?
something that is capable of being decomposed (broken down) naturally
biodegradable
Do this to stop plastic pollution at the begginning of its life cycle.
What is invent new materials or ban plastic?
“What we have found, in general, is that social media presents both risks and opportunities for adolescents,” says Kaveri Subrahmanyam, PhD, a developmental psychologist and professor at Cal State LA.
What type of evidence is this?
expert opinion
1955 Life magazine article "Throwaway Living" introduced this way to cut down household chores.
What is disposable items?
Dr Andrea Neal used this tool to collect plastic debris in the ocean.
What is a manitrol?
something lasts a long time (won’t break down)
What is durable?
Do this to reduce plastic pollution in the middle of its life cycle.
What is reuse it or recycle it?
Constantly seeing glamorized images and edited lives on social media can lead to negative self-image, low self-esteem, and emotional distress.
What type of evidence is this?
pathos
The reason scientists can't find so much of the plastic in the oceans.
What is most plastics have become microplastics (tiny little pieces of plastic)?
SINOPEC had bags of these break open in a typhoon off of Hong Kong.
What are nurdles?
circular or spiral motion
(rotating ocean current)
What is a gyre?
Do this to stop plastic pollution at the end of its life cycle.
What is use an ERVIS ocean vacuum cleaner,
use barrier to collect plastic,
use wax worms and mealworms to biodegrade plastic?
This is how plastic ends up on our dinner plate.
What is plankton eat plastic, fish eats plankton, people eat the fish?
When we go to fast food resturants it is hard to find wrap in anything but this.
What is plastic?
able to float
What is buoyant?
This is the best part of the plastic life cycle to end plastic pollution.
What is the Beginning
Middle
End
anywhere is better than none
The worst of the worst kind of plastic this is commonly found as single-use coffee cups and take-out food containers
What is Polystyrene or Styrofoam™ ?
This is the problem with having NO waste management system.
What is trash flows into the ocean?
Germany made this law about plastic manufacturing.
What is collection and recycling programs?
can be molded into a variety of useful objects
What is malleable?