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Surfrider Surfrider FoundationFoundation
Monterey ChapterMonterey Chapter
Surfrider Surfrider FoundationFoundation
Monterey ChapterMonterey Chapter
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• History
• Quantities
• Marine life
• Toxicity
• Solutions
FOR A FISH!
When did plastics become so popular?
1955 Life Magazine
article: “Throwaway Living”
Photo from AMRF
• History• Quantities• Marine life• Toxicity• Solutions
Pre-production plastic pellets
How is plastic made?
Nurdles
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In the U.S. we go through: -274 million plastic bags per day …or… 100 billion annually -45 million water bottles per day …or… 16.5 billion annually
Ballona Creek after a rainstorm
• History• Quantities• Marine life• Toxicity• Solutions
Lover’s Point, Pacific Grove, after a rainstorm, February 2008.
Beth Cort
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
A giant, eternal swirling spiral of floating trash - 2 times the size of Texas- 90% plastic- 80% land-based
6 x more plastic than plankton
1999 Plastic to plankton ratio = 6:1
2008 Plastic to plankton ratio =
46:1
AMRF
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http://news.bbc.co.uk
Laysan Albatross at Midway Atoll
• History• Quantities• Marine life• Toxicity• Solutions
What do you see in the stomach of this albatross chick?
“Litter does not distinguish itself between biodegradable or non-biodegradable.”
American Chemistry Council letter to the City of Monterey, 2/6/2008
Gregg Segal
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Turtles often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish.
What does this look like?
A jellyfi
sh
Many species suffer from ingestion and entanglement of plastics bags.
©Dino Ferri http://www.auduboninstitute.org/zoo
NOAANOAA
Entanglement of plastic six-pack holders and rings…
Approximately100,000
synthetic chemicals introduced in the
50 last years…
Plastics both absorb and
leach chemicals
• History• Quantities• Marine life• Toxicity• Solutions
Plastics absorb POPs, such as PCB’s and DDT.
PCB DDT
Mato, Y et al, Environmental Science & Technology
Plastics and Styrofoam are toxics sponges.Japanese study found up to 1 million times more pollutants onplastics pieces than in ambient seawater.
Plastics leach the chemicals they are made of.
1) Bisphenol A - plastics hardener- DVD’s,canned food lining, older Nalgene bottles
Found in the urine of 93% of the U.S. population.
Links to breast cancer, obesity, mood disorders, etc.
Hunt, Patricia August 1998, Current Biology
2) Phthalates - a class of plastics softeners - nail polish, children’s toys, teething rings, bath books, moisturizers, cosmetics
Easily release into environment as the plastic ages and breaks down over time.
Endocrine disruptors / hormone mimickers
The New Double Standard
Toys are manufactured Toys are manufactured with phthalateswith phthalates for the for the American marketAmerican market
Toys are manufactured Toys are manufactured without phthalateswithout phthalates for for the European Union & other markets following the European Union & other markets following their REACH Act lead (Mexico, Argentina, Japan, their REACH Act lead (Mexico, Argentina, Japan, Canada etc)Canada etc)
EU banned phthalates in children’s toys in 1999 and cosmetics in 2004
Mark Schapiro- Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products, and What's at Stake for American Power
Ad from the American Chemistry Council
2008 - SB 1713 - ban BPA from baby bottles, sippy cups and other baby food & beverage containers.
• History• Quantities• Marine life• Toxicity• Solutions
What can we do?
BYO bag BYO mug BYO to-go container BYO H2O!
If your hands are free - pick up three! Pick up plastic trash on beaches, and cut plastic rings & 6+ pack holders. Think ONE LESS PIECE.
BYO BYO BYO BYO BYO BYO BYO BYO
REFUSE REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE
Do a plastics audit in your home or business, see where you can cut back (e.g. bar soap vs liquid soap). Homemade salsa!
Go to a local council meeting and educate your elected officials. Use your vote. Use your voice. Spread the word…
Engage yourself in the everyday choices you make: look at packaging, read labels, ask questions…
Demand EPR legislation…
PLASTICS RECYCLING RATE - 75% U.S. - 5%
E P R
Germany
- Implemented packaging take back programs
- Redesigned packaging:-Container shapes and sizes reduced-Quantities of layers reduced
Draft Marine Debris Implementation Strategy CA Ocean Protection Council
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“Now packaged with less plastic.” SanDisc Memory Card at Costco
CIWMB
Plastic Generation and Recovery
You must be the change
you wish to see in the world.
- Gandhi -
Never doubt that a small group
of thoughtful, committedcitizens can change the
world; indeed it’s the
only thing that ever has.- Margaret Mead-
Surfrider Surfrider FoundationFoundation
Monterey ChapterMonterey Chapter
Surfrider Surfrider FoundationFoundation
Monterey ChapterMonterey Chapter
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