CAN WE HELP OUR ROCKY SHORELINE????
Here are simple things you can do to help reduce this problem:
- Recycle. Sounds simple but means so much. By recycling, you are not only preventing the plastic trash from being put into a landfill or dumped into the ocean, you are also reducing the need to create new plastic from petroleum and all of the damages that comes with mining for oil.
- Don't litter. It's really not hard to walk a few extra steps to make sure the trash goes into the can instead of just throwing it on the ground where it will be washed into the drains and rivers, which eventually lead to the ocean. Such simple action can save countless tons of plastic from ending up in the stomachs of baby birds.
- Go for biodegradable products. It's not a widely available option yet, but more and more products are made with biodegradable material. When given the option, choose the right one, and avoid products that have a lot of unnecessary packaging. Instead of buying 40 bottles of water, buy one long lasting water bottle and reuse it 100 times over. This way you'll save time and money as well as the environment.
Legacy by yuumei
Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Illustrations / Conceptual
©2013-2014 yuumei
- Recycle. Sounds simple but means so much. By recycling, you are not only preventing the plastic trash from being put into a landfill or dumped into the ocean, you are also reducing the need to create new plastic from petroleum and all of the damages that comes with mining for oil.
- Don't litter. It's really not hard to walk a few extra steps to make sure the trash goes into the can instead of just throwing it on the ground where it will be washed into the drains and rivers, which eventually lead to the ocean. Such simple action can save countless tons of plastic from ending up in the stomachs of baby birds.
- Go for biodegradable products. It's not a widely available option yet, but more and more products are made with biodegradable material. When given the option, choose the right one, and avoid products that have a lot of unnecessary packaging. Instead of buying 40 bottles of water, buy one long lasting water bottle and reuse it 100 times over. This way you'll save time and money as well as the environment.
Legacy by yuumei
Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Illustrations / Conceptual
©2013-2014 yuumei
How people are helping the ecosystem
. people have been volunteering to help clean the beaches, and other areas the oil spill affected people can use large sponges called sorbants which can help absorb the oil it's disadvantages are that it produces a toxic smoke.
. Other methods are putting chemical's in the oil to essentially break the oil down but studies have shown that it is more toxic and harmful to use this method then the actual oil is.
People use dawn dish washer soap to help clean wildlife affected by it.
Another process is putting nitrogen, phosphorous on the oil infected areas this has been pretty succsessful but could cause harm to animal life
. People have been cleaning up trash on the shoreline
. also have been getting rid of invasive weeds
Reference:
http://host.madison.com/news/local/how-to-help-people-and-the-environment/article_fa822015-3617-515a-b4bd-e661786eaa65.html
. people have been volunteering to help clean the beaches, and other areas the oil spill affected people can use large sponges called sorbants which can help absorb the oil it's disadvantages are that it produces a toxic smoke.
. Other methods are putting chemical's in the oil to essentially break the oil down but studies have shown that it is more toxic and harmful to use this method then the actual oil is.
People use dawn dish washer soap to help clean wildlife affected by it.
Another process is putting nitrogen, phosphorous on the oil infected areas this has been pretty succsessful but could cause harm to animal life
. People have been cleaning up trash on the shoreline
. also have been getting rid of invasive weeds
Reference:
http://host.madison.com/news/local/how-to-help-people-and-the-environment/article_fa822015-3617-515a-b4bd-e661786eaa65.html