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Trapping Trash

Trapping Trash. Designing a Structure to Remove Marine Debris. What comes to mind when you think of the ocean?. How have humans affected marine environments?. MARINE DEBRIS IS THE NUMBER ONE OCEAN POLLUTANT!. What is Marine Debris?.

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Trapping Trash

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  1. Trapping Trash Designing a Structure to Remove Marine Debris

  2. What comes to mind when you think of the ocean?

  3. How have humans affected marine environments?

  4. MARINE DEBRIS IS THE NUMBER ONE OCEAN POLLUTANT!

  5. What is Marine Debris? • Includes objects that don’t occur naturally in the marine environment • Oceans, salt marshes, estuaries, beaches • Marine debris can be classified by the activity that created the waste item • “ocean and waterway activities”, “illegal dumping”, “smoking-related activities”

  6. Marine debris comes from MANY different sources! Where do you think marine debris comes from?

  7. Main Sources of Marine Debris • Beachgoers • Improper disposal of trash on land • Stormwater sewers and combined sewer overflow • Ships and other vessels • Industrial facilities • Waste disposal activities • Offshore oil and gas platforms

  8. Effects of Marine Debris • Entanglement • Ingestion • Habitat Degradation • Unsightliness • Costly Cleanup

  9. What Characteristics Affect the Presence of Debris in the Marine Environment?

  10. Buoyancy • The ability of something to float in water • Trash can become marine debris even when it is properly disposed of!

  11. Photodegrade • The process by which a substance or object is broken down via sunlight • In nature, materials are broken down through a process called biodegradation

  12. What is a Gyre?

  13. North Pacific Gyre

  14. North Pacific Gyre Cont. • 2 times the size of Texas • 90% of all trash in the ocean • Plastic doesn’t break down • Photo degrades • “Mermaid tears” • Kills wildlife, damages boats, is unsafe • Nets for cleanup harm marine organisms

  15. What YOU can do to help! • REDUCE your wastes • REUSE products • RECYLE plastics, cardboards, and metals! • Pick up trash at your local beach!! • Proper disposal of trash • Secure your trash • Become an Ocean advocate • Educate others about the impacts marine debris has on our environment!

  16. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!

  17. What are we doing today? • Today, you will be designing a machine that can remove trash from the ocean! • When designing your trash collector, take these things into consideration: • How does it avoid harming wildlife? • How does the machine run? • What happens to the trash after it’s collected?

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