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 There is a lot of talk about the Pacific Garbage Patch.  The danger of plastics in our oceans.  Scientists estimate 1 million sea birds die of plastic pollution every year.  How the little pieces of plastic end up in our food chains. Note: A short video David has sent straight from the Pacific Explaining - what prompted him to embark on the Plastiki mission.

The TRUTH needs to be told Plastics Pollutes & Damages our Oceans :

 Plastic waste, such as plastic bags, often becomes litter. Nearly 57% of litter found on beaches in 2003 was plastic.  The amount of plastic waste generated annually in the UK is estimated to be nearly 3 million tonnes  Yearly an estimated 17.5 billion plastic bags are given away by supermarkets. This is over 290 bags for every person in UK.  It is estimated that only 7% of total plastic waste arising are currently being recycled.  An estimated 14 billion pounds of trash, mostly plastic is dumped in the world's oceans yearly.

 Worldwide fishing industry dumps: estimated tons of plastic into the ocean each year (packaging, plastic nets, lines & buoys).  USA & Western Europe account for nearly 80% of plastic bag use - now the bags are common in developing countries as well.  25% of the plastic bags used in wealthy nations are produced in Asia.  Each year, Americans throw away some 100 billion polyethylene plastic bags. Only 0.6 % of plastic bags are recycled.  During 2006 plastic bottles worth around £50 million were disposed of at a cost of £100 million.

 Britain uses about 275,000 tonnes of plastic bottles in their homes every year - that's about 15 million bottles every day.  Brits use an estimated 10 billion plastic carrier bags each year.  Only 2.5% of plastic bottles are presently recycled in Europe.  Americans generate 10.5 million tons of plastic waste a year but recycle about 2 % of it.  11% of household waste is plastic, 40% of which if plastic bottles.

What can we do with this Plastics:-  Recycled plastic can be used to make things like trash cans, park benches, playground equipment, decks, and kayaks.  1 tonne = 25,000 plastic bottles. Recycling 1 tonne of plastic bottles saves 1.5 tonne of carbon  25 recycled PET bottles can be used to make an adult's fleece jacket.  It is estimated that only 7% of total plastic waste arising are currently being recycled  Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.

4 R’s (Reuse, Recycle, Reduce & Rethink):  Reusing the plastic bottle  The whole vessel ‘The Plastiki’ is ultimately recyclable  We tried to reduce the materials we used on board and avoided mixing different materials together so they can be re-used.  Throughout the Plastiki journey we have been rethinking waste as a resource, and pushing the boundaries of design and construction to incorporate sustainable design.

Reusing( 프라스틱 물병 재 사용 ) Recyclable( 프라스틱 제품 재활용 ) Reduce( 프라스틱 백 사용 줄이기 ) Rethinking( 프라스틱 제품의 공해 명심 )

 더많은 환경운동 봉사자 확보  환경운동 교육강화  재활용 분류작업 재고  쇼핑백을 늘 휴대하기  물가나 숲속에서 프라스틱백, 병들 수거하기  환경운동 행사에 동참  유기농 비누 사용하기  나무심기  프라스틱 빽사용 줄이기  물병사용 줄이기  가정의 쓰례기 줄이기  휴지사용 줄이기  전기사용 줄이기  세척제 사용 줄이기  담배 꽁초 숲에 버리지 말기  물사용 줄이기 ( 샤워시 )  차량사용 줄이기

References: R1. Most of this power point presentation information has been collected from “The Plastiki mission web-page” to spread the good ‘Word’ further. R2