A Lap Into Saving Everyone's Ocean
The picture above is what some of our ocean looks like
today, mostly due to humanities incompetence to take responsibilities for what
we do. This large heap of garbage above is mostly constituted of plastic goods
humanity has thrown out in their regular lives. I am no exception to anybody
else; however, it is important that we make some simple changes to protect not
only ourselves, but also the animals we share this world with. Aside from
picking up our garbage, one major thing that would reduce the overall garbage
we have as a whole is using reusable goods and items. Less things we throw away
equals less things able to fly out in the ocean. Not only will the use of
reusable items keep humanity and our marine friends safe in our oceans, but it
will also reduce the affects of global warming. Below is a list of a variety of
items we can substitute in for our plastic counterparts:
1)
Using Glass objects acting as a
container
2)
Using Bees Wrap which acts very
similarly to plastic wrap
3)
Using a metal safety razor with
replaceable blades
4)
Using wooden hangers
5)
Compostable garbage bags
6)
Metal water bottles/straws
7)
Reusable/cloth shopping bags
8)
Silicone food bags
9)
Liquid Wood
These are just a few examples of what we could use instead
of plastic, and it would help the world immensely. Below is a graph form the
EPA of our waste management skills with plastic, which has only gotten more
atrocious as time goes on. Our landfills have substantially increased with
plastic in comparison to metal, glass, cardboard… etc. It has ONLY gotten
worse. Switching to reusable items could play a large part in reverting this.
This
link will bring you to my original picture which is at the bottom of the link’s
webpage. You said to insert another picture since the others didn’t work. The
graph I had was supposed to show how the plastic we throw away has only
increased from as far back as 1955 to 2017. At not one point did the graph show
a decrease in the time period.
Jarret
Anderson takes full responsibility for the information posted. The information
on this page represents that of Jarret Anderson and not that of California
State University, Sacramento.