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<div style="background-color:rgb(48,48,48,0.6);padding:5%;"><p id="question">On average, how long is a plastic bag used by a human before being thrown away?</p>
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|extra)[You got it!
According to the <a href="https://www.5gyres.org/plastic-bags/">5 Gyres Institute,</a> 12 minutes is the average “working life” of a plastic bag before it is thrown away. Globally, one million plastic bags are used per minute and only 1% of them are recycled. Most of them make their way to the ocean where they can take up to 20 years to <a href="http://act.oceanconservancy.org/images/2010ICCReportRelease_pressPhotos/2010_ICC_Report.pdf">decompose.</a>
<h2>Solution?</h2>
Reusable cloth bags, participation in coastal clean-ups or clean-ups in your neighborhood.
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|wrong)[Ach! So close!
According to the <a href="https://www.5gyres.org/plastic-bags/">5 Gyres Institute,</a> 12 minutes is the average “working life” of a plastic bag before it is thrown away. Globally, one million plastic bags are used per minute and only 1% of them are recycled. Most of them make their way to the ocean where they can take up to 20 years to <a href="http://act.oceanconservancy.org/images/2010ICCReportRelease_pressPhotos/2010_ICC_Report.pdf">decompose.</a>
<h2>Solution?</h2>
Reusable cloth bags, participation in coastal clean-ups and reduce plastic use.
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<div style="background-color:rgb(48,48,48,0.6);padding:5%;"><p id="question">How many million tons of plastic are humans dumping in the oceans every year?</p>
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|extra)[You got it!
According to the <a href="http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_New_Plastics_Economy.pdf">Ellen MacArthur Foundation,</a> at least 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans each year. That’s the equivalent of dumping one garbage truck full of plastic into the ocean every minute. If nothing is done, this will increase to two garbage trucks a minute by 2030 and four per minute by 2050!
<h2>Solution?</h2>
Use reusable coffee cups, water bottles, bags and food containers. Giving up plastic can be as simple as a single choice.
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|wrong)[Ach! So close!
According to the <a href="http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_New_Plastics_Economy.pdf">Ellen MacArthur Foundation,</a> at least 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans each year. That’s the equivalent of dumping one garbage truck full of plastic into the ocean every minute. If nothing is done, this will increase to two garbage trucks a minute by 2030 and four per minute by 2050!
<h2>Solution?</h2>
Use reusable coffee cups, water bottles, bags and food containers. Giving up plastic can be as simple as a single choice.
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<div style="background-color:rgb(48,48,48,0.6);padding:5%;"><h3>With current plastic usage, a single person — yes, you — sends 150 plastic containers (in form of bottles and plastic bags) to the ocean or into a landfill every year.</h3>
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<h3>It's about who's being affected.
Over <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/ioc-oceans/focus-areas/rio-20-ocean/blueprint-for-the-future-we-want/marine-pollution/facts-and-figures-on-marine-pollution/">100,000 marine animals</a> die each year solely because of consuming, getting entangled, choking from plastic debris in the ocean.</h3>
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<div style="background-color:rgb(48,48,48,0.6);padding:5%;"><h3>Hi!
My kind, leatherback sea turtles, are nearing extinction. Let me take you on a journey to show you my struggles and make you understand why we are endangered now.</h3>
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<div style="background-color:rgb(48,48,48,0.6);padding:5%;"><p id="question">What is leading to the deterioration of my species? </p>
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|extra)[You got it!
Plastic tends to float, and bobbing on the surface can lead them to be mistaken for other marine life. Plastic bags are often mistaken for jellyfish by leatherback turtles and consumed. A 2009 <a href="http://foodweb.uhh.hawaii.edu/MARE494_files/Mirosowsky%20et%20al.%202009.pdf">study</a> found that out of 408 leatherback sea turtle autopsy reports, plastic was found in a third of those cases. Marine life can also get tangled in nets, cords, and other plastic debris, which hinders their ability to swim and in some cases, can be a severe choking <a href="https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cbd-ts-67-en.pdf">hazard.</a>
<h2>Solution?</h2>
Next time you decide to grab a takeaway, say no to the plastic cutlery that comes with your meal.
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|wrong)[Ach! So close!
Plastic tends to float, and bobbing on the surface can lead them to be mistaken for other marine life. Plastic bags are often mistaken for jellyfish by leatherback turtles and consumed. A 2009 <a href="http://foodweb.uhh.hawaii.edu/MARE494_files/Mirosowsky%20et%20al.%202009.pdf">study</a> found that out of 408 leatherback sea turtle autopsy reports, plastic was found in a third of those cases. Marine life can also get tangled in nets, cords, and other plastic debris, which hinders their ability to swim and in some cases, can be a severe choking <a href="https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cbd-ts-67-en.pdf">hazard.</a>
<h2>Solution?</h2>
Next time you decide to grab a takeaway, say no to the plastic cutlery that comes with your meal.
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<div style="background-color:rgb(48,48,48,0.6);padding:5%;"><p id="question">How many of my fellow marine species are harmed by plastic pollution?</p>
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|extra)[You got it!
A 2015 Plymouth University <a href="https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84925351620&origin=inward&txGid=59e00376a48a418003df2d44c193d025">study</a> compiled reports recorded from around the world and found evidence of 44,000 animals becoming entangled or swallowing plastic debris, accounting for a total of 693 marine species. At least 17% of those affected species are listed as threatened or near threatened.
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|wrong)[Ach! So close!
A 2015 Plymouth University <a href="https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84925351620&origin=inward&txGid=59e00376a48a418003df2d44c193d025">study</a> compiled reports recorded from around the world and found evidence of 44,000 animals becoming entangled or swallowing plastic debris, accounting for a total of 693 marine species. At least 17% of those affected species are listed as threatened or near threatened.
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<div style="background-color:rgb(48,48,48,0.6);padding:5%;"><p id="question">So, how are you planning to be part of the solution?</p>
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|extra)[A great way to get started saving sea turtles is through signing petitions like <a href="https://www.change.org/p/noaa-save-the-sea-turtles">this one</a> or <a href="https://www.change.org/p/save-the-leatherbacks-green-marinas-proposition">this one.</a> Thanks for wanting to save me!
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|wrong)[You can start with the elimination of single-use items. Check out a <a href="https://ecoroots.us/?rfsn=3752726.4b778b">reusable product store!</a>
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