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The Issue
Great Pacific Garbage
Patch
West of Cali; east of
Japan
for every kilo of
naturally occurring
plankton there is an
estimated six kilos of
plastic
About the size of Texas

Human Influence
Single-use plastics
Littering

Legislation
Land-Based Laws
The Beaches Environmental
Assessment and Coastal Health
(BEACH) Act
Section 303d of the Clean
Water Act
Coastal Zone Act
Reauthorization Amendments
of 1990
The Pollution Prevention Act
The Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act

Ocean-Based Laws
Marine Plastic Pollution
Research and Control Act
The Marine Debris
Research, Prevention and
Reduction Act
The Shore Protection Act
The Marine Protection,
Research, and Sanctuaries
Act

A Plastic Tax
10 cent tax on all things
plastic
Deter consumers from buying
single-use plastics
Revenue from tax goes
towards
cleanup funds for garbage
traps
wetlands
community cleanup events
public conservation
& trash education.

Big Picture Thinking

Plastic takes 1,000
years to degrade once
already in the ocean

THANK YOU