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Beach Litter

Beach Litter. Beach Litter. What do we find on our beaches? What harm does it do? Where does it come from?. What do we find?. What harm does litter do?. It doesn’t look very nice It can be poisonous You can cut your feet on it Animals like turtles try to eat it and die

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Beach Litter

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  1. Beach Litter

  2. Beach Litter • What do we find on our beaches? • What harm does it do? • Where does it come from?

  3. What do we find?

  4. What harm does litter do? • It doesn’t look very nice • It can be poisonous • You can cut your feet on it • Animals like turtles try to eat it and die • Animals like seals get tangled in it and die

  5. What harm does litter do?

  6. Where does litter come from? • People! • Ashore • Afloat

  7. Where does litter come from? • The Marine Conservation Society runs a survey of beach litter every year. • The four main sources of beach litter are from the public, fishing, sewage and shipping Source: Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch Survey 2009

  8. Where does litter come from? • Public litter – 41.5% - 768 items per km • Includes crisp and sweet packets, fast food packaging and cigarette stubs, left behind by careless coastal visitors, or dropped inland and carried by rivers and winds to the coast. Source: Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch Survey 2009

  9. Where does litter come from? • Fishing litter – 15.1% - 279 items per km • Includes discarded or lost angling and commercial items such as fishing nets, fishing line, ropes, weights/hooks and buoys. Some items of public litter may have come from fishing boats. Source: Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch Survey 2009

  10. Where does litter come from? • Sewage Related Debris – 5.4% - 101 items per km • Includes sanitary items flushed down the toilet like cotton bud sticks. Source: Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch Survey 2009

  11. Where does litter come from? • Shipping litter - 2% - 37 items per km • Includes items such as pallets, strapping bands and oil drums. Some items of public litter may have come from ships. Source: Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch Survey 2009

  12. Ships • Ships are not the worst polluters. • They are more than dots on the horizon. • They carry more than 90% of the stuff you buy. • They carry stuff that would otherwise go by road. • What sorts of ships are there, and what do they do?

  13. Ships • Some ships carry cargo • Some tankers carry crude oil – lots of it!

  14. Ships • Some ships carry cargo • Some tankers carry refined oil

  15. Ships • Some ships carry cargo • Some tankers carry refined oil to the fuel tanks in Plymouth, reducing road haulage, and keeping local petrol prices low

  16. Ships • Some ships carry cargo • Container ships carry fridges, TVs, footballs, food, shoes and lots more besides

  17. Ships • Some ships carry cargo • And some container ships are smaller than others

  18. Ships • Some ships carry cargo • This one carries bulk cargo like grain or fertiliser

  19. Ships • Some ships carry cargo • Car transporters carry cars – really!

  20. Ships • Some ships carry people • Small ferries

  21. Ships • Some ships carry people • Large ferries

  22. Ships • Some ships carry people • Small cruise ships

  23. Ships • Some ships carry people • Huge cruise ships

  24. Ships • Some ships do special things • Jack-up barges

  25. Ships • Some ships do special things • Tugs

  26. Ships • Some ships do special things • Dredgers

  27. Ships • Some ships do special things • Hovercraft

  28. Ships • Some ships do special things • Lifeboats

  29. Ships • Some ships do special things • Looking after buoys

  30. Ships • Some ships do special things • Warships

  31. Ships • Some ships do special things • Research ships

  32. Ships • Fishing vessels, small

  33. Ships • Fishing vessels, medium

  34. Ships • Fishing vessels, large

  35. Ships • Sailing yachts

  36. Ships • Motor yachts

  37. Where does litter come from? • After it gets into the sea it is driven by • Ocean currents • Tidal streams • Wind

  38. And some of it lands at Wembury (picture from GoogleEarth)

  39. How did these get to Wembury? • Balloon

  40. How did these get to Wembury? • Rope

  41. How did these get to Wembury? • Oil drum

  42. How did these get to Wembury? • Radar aerial

  43. Can you tell their stories? • Narrative • Newspaper article • Cartoon strip • Play • Song

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