SUFB 931: Ocean Plastic Clean Up Is Happening, But We need To Focus On Education

Published: Nov. 22, 2019, 5 a.m.

Educating the public on how to change their behaviour from using single-use plastics to using more sustainable alternatives is the key to reducing the amount of plastic that ends up in the Ocean. 

We keep seeing articles about people trying to clean up the Oceans. There are even companies that are built off of this premise; however, cleaning the Ocean is our last ditch effort and does not mean the Oceans will ever be clean from plastic. We need to stop plastics from getting into the Ocean by refusing single-use plastic. The best way to do this is to focus on educating the public and change their behaviour. 

Link To Article:

https://www.euronews.com/2019/11/15/when-it-comes-to-cleaning-up-the-oceans-technology-may-be-good-but-education-is-even-bette

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