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Bash the Trash

Bash the Trash . Educational Campaign Rachel Black . Problem Summary. Many people value a clean home environment, marine life, and a clean, safe and fun beach experience. Trash on the beach is an environmental issue that can interfere with all of these values.

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Bash the Trash

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  1. Bash the Trash Educational Campaign Rachel Black

  2. Problem Summary Many people value a clean home environment, marine life, and a clean, safe and fun beach experience. Trash on the beach is an environmental issue that can interfere with all of these values. Trash can harm marine life in numerous ways, including vulnerability to predators due to the trash slowing them down. Animals can also end up with wounds and cuts leading to bacterial infections, circulation loss and amputations. Trash has caused animals to starve because it blocks their digestive tracks, or provides them with a false sense of being full (sciencedaily.com).

  3. YOU make a difference! You may think that leaving one piece of trash on the beach is not a big deal, but thousands of other people make that same assumption everyday. The result is an accumulation of trash that takes decades to decompose. For example, a tin can that entered the ocean in 1986 is still decomposing in 2036. A plastic bottle that entered the ocean in the same year is still decomposing in 2436, and a glass bottle would still be decomposing in 1,001,986. One piece of trash left behind will still be impacting beach pollution for generations to come(sciencedaily.com).

  4. YUCK! Contaminated ocean water due to beach pollution can be dangerous to swim in in some cases. “Exposure to bacteria, viruses and parasites in contaminated beach water can cause a wide range of diseases, including ear, nose and eye infections, stomach flu, hepatitis, encephalitis, skin rashes, and respiratory illnesses. Most waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States occur during the summer, when Americans are most likely to be exposed to contaminated beach water” (nrdc.org).

  5. Objective My goals in completing this project are: • Post informational, interesting and hopefully inspiring flyers around schools and neighborhoods • Have a video play on the school announcements and possibly the local news • Spread awareness of the effects of trash on the beach to my peers and community members • Inform people of how every piece of trash impacts the beach • Teach the fact that 20 minutes of picking up trash on the beach can makes a difference • Get people to go on to “It Starts With Me” (see link below), and record the difference they made • Influence fellow students to possibly start a group or club that picks up trash • Motivate others to want to make a difference The ultimate goal is a cleaner beach environment to maximize marine life safety and a good beach experience. http://itstartswithme-danielle.blogspot.com/p/film.html

  6. What you can do • Read my flyers. Be informed. • Spread the knowledge! Tell your friends, family, teachers and peers what a difference they can make. • Pick up trash on the beach for just 20 minutes in a day. • Log what you find on http://itstartswithme-danielle.blogspot.com/. Contribute to the huge difference this program is making on beaches everywhere!

  7. What to look for when you’re cleaning up According to nrdc.org, the top 10 most widely found types of trash on the beach are: • Cigarette butts • Plastic bags • Food wrappers and containers • Caps and lids • Plastic bottles • Paper bags • Straws • Cups, plates, forks, knives and spoons • Glass bottles • Drink cans

  8. Works Cited "How Polluted Is Your Beach? A New Report Knows." Tree Hugger. Web. 22 Jan. 2012. <http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/how-polluted-is-your-beach-a-new-report-knows.html>. "Millions Of Pounds Of Trash Found On Ocean Beaches." Science Daily: News & Articles in Science, Health, Environment & Technology. Web. 20 Jan. 2012. <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416214912.htm>. "NRDC: Testing the Waters 2011." Natural Resources Defense Council – The Earth’s Best Defense | NRDC. Web. 20 Jan. 2012. <http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/faq.asp>. "The Film." It Starts With Me. Web. 21 Jan. 2012. <http://itstartswithme-danielle.blogspot.com/p/film.html>. "7 Million Pounds Of Beach Trash Collected - CBS News." Breaking News Headlines: Business, Entertainment & World News - CBS News. Web. 21 Jan. 2012. <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/10/world/main4856486.shtml>.

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