Be part of the solution not the pollution!
Definition and Types
What is it?
 When there’s contaminates such as oil,
plastic, any trash found in the ocean.
What are the types?
 Oil
 Dumping
 Sewage
 Agricultural Runoff
Location
Artic Ocean
 Atlantic Ocean
 Indian Ocean
 Pacific
 Mediterranean
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Pollution Causes
Oil Industries
 Manufacturing
 Agriculture
 Littering
 Dumping
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Environmental Consequences
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Effects on marine life (Cancer/Death)
Prevents sunlight from marine life and
affects photosynthesis.
Most debris stays for years.
Debris uses oxygen to degrade, oxygen
levels goes down.
Small animals ingest chemicals and are
eaten by large animals which get sick
Conservation Efforts
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Throw your trash in the garbage not on ocean shores
Use fewer plastic products
Recycle
Don’t litter
Avoid products that come with excess packaging
Costs
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There’s about $13 billion of plastic floating around the
oceans a year
Damage from pollution about $75 billion
California, Oregon, and Washington spend $500 million
a year removing waste.
Ocean pollution cost Florida between $1.3 to $10.5
billion each year.
Swimming in contaminated water can cost the public
$3 million annually.
Applicable Legislation
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Clean Water Act
Coastal Zone Management Act
Endangered Species Act
Beach Act
Shore Protection Act
Extra Facts
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10 to 12 million tons of plastic enter oceans every
year.
Plastic accounts for 80% of the trash on shores and
in seas.
Over one million seabirds are killed by pollution a
year.
There is a island of garbage twice the size of Texas
inside the Pacific Ocean.
People can get contaminated by eating contaminated
sea food
Some places like the Gulf of Mexico were considered
Death Zones from the trash
Citations
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http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Types_of_Ocean_Pollution
http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Ocean_Pollution_Causes
http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2012/report-finds-water-pollution-in-florida-costs-upto-10-5-billion-annually
http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/06/30/ocean-plastic-pollution-costs-13-billionyear-and-your-face-scrub-part-problem
http://water.epa.gov/type/oceb/marinedebris/lawsregs.cfm
http://groundwater.ucdavis.edu/files/136277.pdf
http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/various-ocean-pollution-facts.php