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plastic patches are polluting our oceans Millions of tons of plastic have entered the oceans, killing at least one million seabirds and one hundred thousand marine mammals each year. Impacting human health and causing billions of dollars of economic damage.
We should of course close the tap, preventing any more plastic entering the oceans in the first phase. But this is not a solution to the plastics trapped and persisting in the centre of the oceans. However, a clean-up of our oceans has always been deemed impossible, costing billions of dollars and thousands of years.
On the third Saturday of September each year, volunteers around the world take part in the world’s biggest coastal cleanup, known as International Coastal Cleanup Day. The event has been held internationally each year for over 20 years, when people head to the beaches and begin removing debris and rubbish from shorelines, waterways and oceans.
The problem of marine debris does not necessarily start in the ocean, but is dumped further inland and washed down into the oceans. Statistics from the 1999 ICC showed that 59% of debris collected was from land sources. Each year there is a vast increase in the number of marine animals injured or entangled in debris found in the oceans. Turtles mistake floating plastic bags as food and thousands of seals, whales, dolphins, sharks and birds die from entanglement in fishing line and other debris.
The aim of the cleanup is:
· To remove debris from all bodies of water;
· To collect valuable information about debris;
· To heighten public awareness of the causes of litter and debris;
· To make a positive change and to promote water pollution prevention efforts worldwide.
In order to promote this day and clean up the world weekend one organization has formed in Australia named as “clean up the world”. This organization will monitor this day in collaborating various organizations throughout the world, on getting the plans from other organizations in the world - clean up the world activity will send them the promotional materials to appreciation certificates. This is the organization which will frame out a theme for this day.
We should of course close the tap, preventing any more plastic entering the oceans in the first phase. But this is not a solution to the plastics trapped and persisting in the centre of the oceans. However, a clean-up of our oceans has always been deemed impossible, costing billions of dollars and thousands of years.
On the third Saturday of September each year, volunteers around the world take part in the world’s biggest coastal cleanup, known as International Coastal Cleanup Day. The event has been held internationally each year for over 20 years, when people head to the beaches and begin removing debris and rubbish from shorelines, waterways and oceans.
The problem of marine debris does not necessarily start in the ocean, but is dumped further inland and washed down into the oceans. Statistics from the 1999 ICC showed that 59% of debris collected was from land sources. Each year there is a vast increase in the number of marine animals injured or entangled in debris found in the oceans. Turtles mistake floating plastic bags as food and thousands of seals, whales, dolphins, sharks and birds die from entanglement in fishing line and other debris.
The aim of the cleanup is:
· To remove debris from all bodies of water;
· To collect valuable information about debris;
· To heighten public awareness of the causes of litter and debris;
· To make a positive change and to promote water pollution prevention efforts worldwide.
In order to promote this day and clean up the world weekend one organization has formed in Australia named as “clean up the world”. This organization will monitor this day in collaborating various organizations throughout the world, on getting the plans from other organizations in the world - clean up the world activity will send them the promotional materials to appreciation certificates. This is the organization which will frame out a theme for this day.