noaasanctuaries:This week is Clean Beaches Week, the perfect time to think about how the plastic you
noaasanctuaries:This week is Clean Beaches Week, the perfect time to think about how the plastic you use impacts the ocean and other ecosystem. Trash we discard here on land can make its way into the sea, where it travels into distant ecosystems. This plastic bag, for example, was lying at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico all the way at 5,250 feet – almost a mile down! By refusing, reducing, reusing, repurposing, and recycling, you can help reduce marine debris and negative impacts on wildlife throughout the ocean.(Photo: NOAA) [Image description: A white plastic bag lies crumpled on the sandy bottom of the ocean. Two anemones – one purple, one orange – are on the bag.] -- source link
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