Ocean Pollution and

Our Solution
By: Timmy Harris, Casey Elmhirst,
Rachel Houlihan, and Toni Spina

Plastic Pollution

5% of plastic we recover
Circle the Earth 4 times
185 pounds of plastic per year

More About Plastic Pollution

8 million tons
100 species
Corral trillions of plastic items
Pacific Trash Vortex

Problems with Oceanic Plastic

Phytoplankton cannot reproduce

Blocks breathing passages
Blocks digestive tracts
Traps sea life
Pollutes Beaches
Kills thousands of animals per year

Importance

5.25 trillion pieces

Over 1 million seabirds are killed
Since 1974, 620% increase in plastic production
100,000 marine mammals are killed annually from plastic

How Ocean Pollution Can Affect You

Marine animals consume plastic pieces.
Plastics continue to move up the food chain.
Can suffer from gastrointestinal distress and sometimes
death

Countries that Produce the Most Ocean

Trash Per Year (Metric Tons)
China:
8.8 million
(19400.7 lbs.)
Indonesia: 3.2 million
(7054.79 lbs.)
Philippines: 1.9 million
(4188.78 lbs.)

How Our Fantastic, Bombastic, Trashtastic,

Plastic Storm Drain is Going to Work
Trash usually gets in gap
Our filtered storm drain separates
water and trash
Below street, inclined plane

How trash
would get
through

Entrance
Stain
less
steel

With our new

and improved
storm drain,
no more
plastic will
make its way
into the
sewers.
Trash Bin
Concrete

Storm Drain Cost

Cement Body- $159.50
Stainless Steel rods- $42.79

Average storm drain costs

= $65,196.46

Stainless Steel Trash Box Back-$349.79

Stainless Steel Trash Box Front- $99.94
Stainless Steel Trash Box Sides- $126.24

Cost = $808.26

Total Cost
$66004.77

Biodegreatable Plastic Benefits

Breaks down in 2 years

Regular plastic = thousands
Safe to ingest
Reduced carbon dioxide emissions
Reduces need for fossil fuels
Made of natural materials
Easy to make

BiodeGREATible Plastic Cost

One plastic bag
0.5 ounces of Cornstarch = 1.5 cents
2 ounces of water
0.1667 ounces of vegetable glycerin= 2 cent
0.1667 ounces of vinegar= 1 cent
Total= 4.5 cents Times .8 billion for annual
cost

Total =
$3.6 billion

Total to
Produce Regular
Plastic Bags
=
$4 billion

Our Plastic
Our 1st two tries

Our 2nd two tries

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http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/various-ocean-pollution-facts.php
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/pollution.html
http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/international-coastalcleanup/top-10-items-found-1.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://thankyouocean.org/threats/water-pollution/