Show:
What Goes Where
How Long Does It Last
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
How Recycling Works
Storm Water Safety
100
Plastic Water Bottle
Curbside Recycling Cart
100
Cardboard Box
2 Months
100
A large system of circulating ocean currents
Gyre
100
MRF
Material Recovery Facility
100
Do this to keep soap and other cleaning solutions out of the storm drain
Use car wash facilities/wash cars on grass
200
Soup Can
Curbside Recycling Cart
200
Wool Sock
1 - 5 Years
200
Name 5 items commonly found during a beach clean up
cigarette filters, plastic bags, wrappers, bottle caps, plastic bottles, plastic plates/cups/utensils, glass bottles, cans, straws, paper bags
200
Too much can be harmful, but _______ can be beneficial if used properly.
Fertilizers
300
Apple Core
Trash or Compost
300
Glass bottle
Unknown
300
How does trash find its way to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
Illegal dumping; marine vessels; litter from land
300
These are ways a rain barrel is beneficial:
Conserves water / better for plants / reduces runoff pollution and erosion / emergency water source / saves money
400
Styrofoam
Trash
400
Plastic Bottle
450 Years
400
Why can't we just scoop up the trash in the ocean?
Illusive, changes shape; like soup, not just on the surface of the water, meters below; too costly and potentially harmful to marine life; would take years to clean a fraction of it up
400
You should always pick up your pet's waste because ______ and ______ contaminate the water
Bacteria and parasites / pathogens
500
Plastic Bag/Film
Trash or Grocery Store Box
500
Plastic Grocery Bag
10 - 20 Years
500
Seventy-one percent of the world's population of this bird nests on the islands of Midway Atoll.
Laysan Albatross
500
Water from a rain barrel is better for plants/gardens because:
Highly oxygenated/free of salts/free of chlorine and other treatment chemicals and minerals