Environmental Justice: The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch 1 Environmental Justice: The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Structured Controversy Netanya Roden CORE 1000 Environmental Justice: The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch 2 Trash can be observed congregating on the sides of roadways. This trash includes plastic bottles‚ papers‚ and cans. The trash seen along the sides of the road is even more pronounced when it is observed after a long winter’s thaw. Just like the sides of the road become
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Do you know about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an issue that needs to be brought to attention. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has happened because people’s trash get in the ocean instead of going where it belongs.The effects of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can be destructive to the nature around it. Some things are being done about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch such as plastic bags being banned. The great pacific garbage patch is formed by trash entering
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not realize how misplacing garbage can harm the environment tremendously. Simple objects like garbage can play a magnificent role and leave a mark on our environment. Who would even think that a person would have the patience and time to carefully observe garbage. Thankfully‚ one person by the name of Charles Moore took time and identified the harmfulness of disposing garbage improperly. Many may not be aware of who Charles Moore is. Moore grew up in and on the Pacific Ocean. His father was a sailor
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Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was fascinating to watch. As an individual who uses plastic every single day and comes into contact with simple objects like a receipt‚ which has harmful toxins in them‚ I was moved by this documentary. Angela Sun‚ an individual from California takes the time to get a closer look at the plastic pollution in the world. Specifically‚ she went to the Midway Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean‚ which is a wildlife refuge. Angela goes to this refuge to investigate
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The Tragedy of Commons Bite-sized trash were found in the North Pacific Ocean‚ known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Scientists from the University of California found more plastic bits than anticipated‚ and a San Diego press conference was held to document the harmful impacts of the trash on coastal marine life. Some trash travels a long journey all the way to the center of the ocean. They float on the surface and release potentially toxic chemicals while decomposing‚ bring disruption to marine
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gather together in the oceans due to ocean current‚ and plastic bags play a key role. As plastic bags dissolve‚ it forms a collection of marine debris‚ which forms Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Generally speaking‚ Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a lot of marine debris is collected together by the ocean current. People can distinguish this garbage easily‚ but marine animals don’t have this ability. According to California Coastal Commission‚ marine debris harms
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The Great Garbage Patches The Ocean seems to be used as a dump for everyone to throw their trash away in. Seems to be like all the pollution in the ocean comes from human waste than anything else. The ocean pollution is now a big problem facing us in everyday life. For years we have been trying to stop the dumping of trash‚ chemicals‚ and toxic waste into our oceans but the people who do it‚ still find ways to get around the rules. They just don’t seem to care about the problems we are going to
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The Not-So-Great Garbage Patch The waste of mankind can literally be found throughout all parts of our planet. Contrary to what people would like to believe‚ not all garbage magically makes its way into some convenient dump. In fact‚ it is estimated that mankind dumps about 14 billion pounds of plastic into our oceans each year ("Marine Debris"). Everywhere leads to the ocean; whether pollutants travel by river‚ sewer‚ or runoff makes no difference. In recent years‚ the amount of debris making its
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contamination of the surrounding land. Not all garbage ends up at the dump location intended. A river‚ sewer or beach cannot catch everything the rain-washes away either. In fact‚ Earth’s largest landfill isn’t on land at all. Unheard- of to many is another type of landfill‚ the largest landfill in the world to be exact‚ which isn’t visible from land. Today many are referring this landfill to be known as the “Eighth Continent”‚ or The Great Pacific Garbage Patch‚ which is a “nebulous‚ floating junk yard
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Sea Pollution and The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Water is the most abused and wasted natural resource. Clean water is very precious. There are about 1 billion or more people who do not have access to clean drinking water in the world today. We must be very careful with our water and take the proper steps necessary to conserve it. Pollution is the introduction of harmful substances‚ particularly a contaminant or toxin‚ which produces some kind of harmful impact on the environment
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