Environmental PT1
What sea creatures are affected by plastic bags? Name three.
What are
turtles, whales, dolphins, sharks, fish, sea lions/seals, sea birds, penguins etc?
When does the plastic bag ban take place in Oahu?
When is July 1st, 2015?
What is released when plastic bags are burned?
What are toxic chemicals?
Approximately how long does it take for a plastic bag to decompose?
How long is up to 1000 years?
What do turtles mistake for jellyfish?
What are plastic bags?
What bag other than the plastic bag will be banned in the Oahu Plastic Bag Ban?
What are non-recyclable paper bags?
What is the large mass of floating garbage (Twice the size of Texas) that is located in the Pacific Ocean called?
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
What percentage of grocery bags are plastic?
What is 90%?
How many marine animals are affected by plastic bags and waste every year?
How much is 100,000 marine animals?
What are the three types of bags that are excluded from the ban?
What are compostable bags, recyclable paper bags and reusable bags?
What is one way a sea animal could get injured/killed by plastic bags?
What is it to accidentally eat it, suffocate, get tangled, block digestive system etc?
How do plastic bags end up in the ocean?
What is wind?
What kind of store/service does the plastic bag ban not apply to?
What are dry cleaning services, newspaper deliveries, pet stores, etc.
About how many plastic bags are used per minute?
How much is 1 million bags?
What is something being done to help with the accumulation of trash?
What are trash clean ups, plastic bag ban, reusable bags, recycling, etc
What are the five counties in Hawaii that are participating in the ban?
What is the Honolulu County, the Maui County, the Big Island County, the Kauai County and Kalawao County (Moloka'i)
How many seabirds are killed annually because of plastic bags?
How many are 1 million?