Exhibition Questions: 1 What plastic is made from? - Jamess 2 How it gets to the ocean?

- Emily 3 How it affects the ocean? - Zoe 7 Why should we stop this? - All 4 How does it affect the marine life? Emily 8 How we can stop this- All 5 How does it affect humans? Zoe Why dont people recycle?All 6 What will happen if this carries on? James 9 Does the public know how bad plastic pollution is? All Action: - Donation box- sell - ocean recovery alliance - sale - sell

- Website - writing to a important person - the plastic bag experiment - Beach clean up - interview expert / people - tell other people Notes to team members Emily: I'm copying things from websites, if possible, then we then can put it into our own words. Zoe:ok everybody start being experts!!!! on the research Zoe: - email er - researcher - action organiser Emily: - researcher - type r

- leader James: - organiser (information) - researcher Research / notes: James research: http://thomko.squarespace.com/how-plastic-ismade/ Plastic is a polymer (which are large molecules), that consists of a long repeating chain of smaller molecules, which are called monomers. Monomers are made of atoms, and easily extracted from organic sources, and fall into the class of chemicals known as petrochemicals. Plastics are produced by a process called polymerization. In this process, thousands of monomers are joined together to form a polymer chain. Common monomers used in the production of plastics, such as vinyl acetate, styrene, butadiene and vinyl chloride, are extracted from crude oil or natural gas. In the world of "plastics", there are two main types - thermosetting plastics and thermo-plastics. Both of these main types are produced by pouring liquid monomers into molds, and they undergo a process called polymerization. The thermosetting plastic type is permanent once molded, while the thermoplastic type will melt under heat. The monomer liquid is superheated during the molding process, which causes polymerization to occur, and we end up with a product that is uniform and solid. http://science.howstuffworks.com/plastic.htm Some of the well known plastic products on the market today include: Formica, Teflon, Tupperware, Nylon, Synthetic Rubber and PVC. Plastics are everywhere. While you're reading this article, there are probably numerous plastic items within your reach (your computer, your pen, your phone). A plastic is any material that can be shaped or molded into any form -- some are naturally occurring, but most are man-made. Plastics are made from oil. Oil is a carbon-rich raw material, and plastics are large carboncontaining compounds. They're large molecules called polymers, which are composed of repeating units of shorter carbon-containing compounds called monomers. Chemists combine

various types of monomers in many different arrangements to make an almost infinite variety of plastics with different chemical properties. Most plastic is chemically inert and will not react chemically with other substances -- you can store alcohol, soap, water, acid or gasoline in a plastic container without dissolving the container itself. Plastic can be molded into an almost infinite variety of shapes, so you can find it in toys, cups, bottles, utensils, wiring, cars, even in bubble gum. Plastics have revolutionized the world. Because plastic doesn't react chemically with most other substances, it doesn't decay. Therefore, plastic disposal poses a difficult and significant environmental problem. Plastic hangs around in the environment for centuries, so recycling is the best method of disposal. However, new technologies are being developed to make plastic from biological substances like corn oil. These types of plastics would be biodegradable and better for the environment. In this article, we'll examine the chemistry of plastic, how it's made, how it's used, and how it's disposed of and recycled. We'll also look at some new biologically based plastics and their role in the future of plastic.

Making Plastics
To make plastics, chemists and chemical engineers must do the following on an industrial scale: 1. Prepare raw materials and monomers 2. Carry out polymerization reactions 3. Process the polymers into final polymer resins 4. Produce finished products First, they must start with various raw materials that make up the monomers. Ethylene and propylene, for example, come from crude oil, which contains the hydrocarbons that make up the monomers. The hydrocarbon raw materials are obtained from the "cracking process" used in refining oil and natural gas (see How Oil Refining Works). Once various hydrocarbons are obtained from cracking, they are chemically processed to make hydrocarbon monomers and other carbon monomers (like styrene, vinyl chloride, acrylonitrile) used in plastics. Next, the monomers carry out polymerization reactions in large polymerization plants. The reactions produce polymer resins, which are collected and further processed. Processing can include the addition of plasticizers, dyes and flame-retardant chemicals. The final polymer resins are usually in the forms of pellets or beads. Finally, the polymer resins are processed into final plastic products. Generally, they are heated, molded and allowed to cool. There are several processes involved in this stage, depending upon the type of product. Extrusion: Pellets are heated and mechanically mixed in a long chamber, forced through a small opening and cooled with air or water. This method is used to make plastic films. Injection molding: The resin pellets are heated and mechanically mixed in a chamber and then forced under high pressure into a cooled mold. This process is used for containers like butter and yogurt tubs. (Custompart.net has a great lesson on injection molding.) Blow molding: This technique is used in conjunction with extrusion or injection molding. The resin pellets are heated and compressed into a liquid tube, like toothpaste. The resin goes into the chilled mold, and compressed air gets blown into the resin tube. The air expands the resin against the walls of the mold. This process is used to make plastic bottles.

Rotational molding: The resin pellets are heated and cooled in a mold that can be rotated in three dimensions. The rotation evenly distributes the plastic along the walls of the mold. This technique is used to make large, hollow plastic items (toys, furniture, sporting equipment, septic tanks, garbage cans and kayaks). On the next page we'll learn about new innovations in plastics and how they're recycled.

http://www.wisegeek.com/how-is-plastic-made.htm Plastic has been an integral part of modern life for several decades. From household storage containers to auto parts and accessories to casual furniture, plastic has provided an affordable yet sturdy material for many of the items people use every day. Still, many people wonder just how plastic is made. While the process will vary somewhat depending on the final end product that is under production, there are a few basic steps that are included in the manufacturing of plastic goods of all types. In order to answer the question of how is plastic made, it is important to define plastic itself. Plastic is one form of polymers that are composed of a long chain or line of smaller molecules that are known as monomers. Monomers themselves are made of atoms that are usually extracted from natural or organic substances, and are generally classified as petrochemicals. All sorts of monomers can be utilized in the creation of plastic. Crude oil and natural gas are often the source of some of these elements, which include monomers such as styrene, vinyl chloride, and vinyl acetate. Polymers are created by forming a series of chains or strings of monomers. Processing the polymers in one of two methods results in the formation of plastic. With the thermosetting method, liquid monomers are poured into a mold and allowed to cool. The liquefied monomers are permanent in shape, producing durable goods. With the thermoplastic approach, the liquid monomers are heated and slowly molded into shape. After the heating and manipulation into the desired shape, the product is cooled and allowed to set into a solid. Both the thermoplastic and the thermosetting approaches are referred to as polymerization. While plastic was once considered a product that was cheap in both price and in quality, modern plastics are utilized for a number of purposes. Many forms of plastic goods contain properties that are both heat and cold resistant. Today, there are plastics that can be used in both conventional ovens as well as in a microwave. Plastic is used to form lightweight patio furniture, durable upholstery, protective coatings on cookware, water piping for the home and other buildings, and a wide range of other products.

Emily

research: how does plastic get into the ocean?

http://www.projectgreenbag.com/how-does-plastic-get-into-the-ocean/ About 20 percent of the plastic in the oceans comes from ships or offshore platforms; the rest is blown, washed off the landThe AMRF study is aimed at finding the source of the plastic, but it is more of a question of how it is permeating the ocean waters of the world. Since most of the plastic consists of pellets that have not even been made into a product, logic dictates that the source is the plastics manufacturers, which are scattered throughout the four-county region where the study is taking place. There are literally hundreds of manufacturers and each has direct access to the ocean via storm drains and rivers. The EPA has known of this global problem for more than a decade. Yet the problem is only getting worse, is still unregulated and nothing is done beyond studies of the problem. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090820-plastic-decomposesoceans-seas.html The team's new study is the first to show that degrading plastics are leaching potentially toxic chemicals such as bisphenol A into the seas, possibly threatening ocean animals, and us. All the water samples were found to contain derivatives of polystyrene, a common plastic used in disposable cutlery, Styrofoam, and DVD cases, among other things.

Plastic, he said, should be considered a new source of chemical pollution in the ocean. plastic trash has a reputation as an indestructible, immortal environmental villain, scientists announced yesterday that some plastics actually decompose rapidly in the ocean. And, the researchers say, that's not a good thing. http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/kamaral /plasticsarticle.html In a more direct route, boaters may dump their trash right into the sea. In the past, this has been the main cause of plastics in the ocean. In 1975, the National Academy of Sciences estimated that 14 billion pounds of garbage was being dumped into the ocean every year. That's more than 1.5 million pounds per hour. More than 85% of this trash was estimated to come from the world's merchant shipping fleet in the form of cargo-associated wastes. According to the Academy, the United States could be the source of approximately one third of this ocean pollution. Before the days of plastic, when fishermen dumped their trash overboard or lost a net, it consisted of natural materials--metal, cloth or paper that would either sink to the bottom or biodegrade quickly. But plastic remains floating on the surface, the same place where many genuine food sources lie--and can remain so for 400 years. Plastic is durable and strong--precisely the qualities that make it so dangerous if it reaches the ocean. To humans, these are items of comfort, if not necessity. But to marine animals, they can be a floating minefield. But when plastic reaches our waters, whether it be plastic bags or drifting fish nets, it poses a threat to the animals that depend on the oceans for food. To a sea turtle, a floating plastic bag looks like a jellyfish. And plastic pellets--the small hard pieces of plastic from which plastic products are made--look like fish eggs to seabirds. Drifting nets entangle birds, fish and mammals, making it difficult, if not impossible to move or eat. As our consumption of plastic mounts, so too does the danger to marine life. www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3648/where-did-all-plastic-go-scientists-arentsure Although most plastic enters the ocean from land, owing to surface current patterns, the highest concentrations of plastic debris were found far offshore. However, there were no strong trends in plastic concentrations in the data-set over-time. The absence of a substantial increase in the extent of plastic pollution in the Atlantic Ocean presents scientists with a puzzle: where has the additional plastic gone?

It is possible that it may break up into pieces too small to be collected by nets, or that much of it is sinking below the surface. It is even plausible that the smaller particles are being consumed my marine organisms, but further research is needed to determine the role of each variable. library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/ocean_pollution.htm Rainfall causes the sewage pipes to overflow and the sewage waste mixes with the storm water drain, which flows into another water source such as a lake or river. After that, the garbage pollutes the ocean, kills plants and animals in the water (for example, the plastic rings that are around pop cans can get around an animals neck, causing it to suffocate), and makes the water dirty. wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_plastics_get_into_the_ocean Plastic bags, bottles, cables, fishing nets and other debris are thrown off boats and ships. They also get washed out to sea whenever there is heavy rain on land as most street rubbish is washed into storm water drains where it eventually ends up in the ocean. www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/EnvEng_p031.shtml
It turns out that a large portion pours into the ocean from the storm water drainage systems of towns and cities. Towns and cities have higher concentrations of roads, buildings, and sidewalks. Unlike open land, these structures don't absorb much water. When it rains, the unabsorbed water, called runoff, has nowhere to go. To avoid flooding, engineers construct storm water drainage systems for these suburban and urban settings. The storm water drainage systems consist of inlets, also called catch basins, along roads, sidewalk curbs, and underground pipes. When rain falls, the runoff flows down the streets and sidewalks and into the inlets. The inlets feed into the underground pipes, and the water continues to travel underground until it reaches an outfall. Outfalls are openings in the pipe system that dump the water into a natural body of water like a river or the ocean. In most communities, storm water is untreated, meaning that all the pollution and trash that is swept into the inlets along with the runoff travels directly into the rivers and ocean. Although many of the inlets are grated, plastic litter can sometimes be swept through the gratings and end up in the ocean. Once in the ocean, litter tumbles around and can be broken into smaller pieces.

www.globalocean.org.uk/campaigns/plastics/1/ Merchant ships dumping plastic containers. Recreational fishing and boats dumping marine debris i.e. nets, tackle and equipment Littering on the beach Littering in urban/industrialised areas - can reach the sea when carried by rivers and drainage systems, often caused by heavy rain www.savemyoceans.com/plastics.php Plastic is also swept away by ocean currents, landing in swirling vortexes called ocean gyres. The North Pacific Gyre off the coast of California is home to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the largest ocean garbage site in the world. The floating mass of plastic

is twice the size of Texas, with plastic pieces outnumbering sea life by a measure of 6 to 1. These floating garbage sites are impossible to fully clean up.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2004/06/63699
Plastic bags, bottle tops and polystyrene foam coffee cups are often found in the stomachs of dead sea lions, dolphins, sea turtles and others.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=oceansteem-with-tiny-plastic-parti-11-11-20 Washing machine wastewater carries tiny pieces of plastic to the oceans, where they wind up in sea life.
Most of the particles were plastics commonly used in clothespolyester and acrylic. Similar levels of such particles were found in the discharge from nearby sewage treatment plants. that means most of the microplastics were coming from our washing machines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_pollution#Plastic_debris
Discarded plastic bags, six pack rings and other forms of plastic waste which finish up in the ocean present dangers to wildlife and fisheries.[42] Aquatic life can be threatened through entanglement, suffocation, and ingestion.[43][44][45] Fishing nets, usually made of plastic, can be left or lost in the ocean by fishermen. Known as ghost nets, these entangle fish, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, dugongs, crocodiles, seabirds, crabs, and other creatures, restricting movement, causing starvation, laceration and infection, and, in those that need to return to the surface to breathe, suffocation.[46]

http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/plastic.html#whatis
Plastics are used in many aspects of daily life and are a big part of our waste stream. Many plastics are colorful and will float in water, which makes plastic debris a very visible part of the marine debris problem. However, an accurate estimate does not yet exist for how much debris is composed of plastic materials. The word plastic is used to describe a collection of artificial or manmade chemical compounds that come in about as many shapes, sizes, and colors as you can imagine! For example, foam carry-out containers (made of polystyrene) and bottle caps (made of polypropylene) are items that would be considered plastic marine debris if found in our oceans or waterways.

http://www.globalocean.org.uk/campaigns/plastics/1/#how_plastic_in _ocean

Merchant ships dumping plastic containers. Recreational fishing and boats dumping marine debris i.e. nets, tackle and equipment Littering on the beach - In the UK alone, plastic makes up 60% of beach litter (Marine Conservation Society Beachwatch 2008) Littering in urban/industrialised areas - can reach the sea when carried by rivers and drainage systems, often caused by heavy rains

http://knowledge.allianz.com/?515/pacific-garbage-patch-plasticpoison-moore
The U.N. says the split for the entire worlds oceans is 80 percent land based and 20 percent from the sea but out in the gyre the big stuff is mostly from the fishing industry, like plastic ghost nets and buoys.

Of the smaller debris, the identifiable stuff, with labels, is from Asia. It takes only two to three years to get out there whereas stuff from North America takes five years. The problem is no-one is monitoring it. If you had a public treatment works delivering treated sewage to the ocean you would be forced to monitor the effects on the ocean. Yet here we have something that persists for centuries rather than decades, and no-one is even measuring

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/270/
looking for anything recognizable: hunks of nylon rope, syringes, topless plastic food containers, half a ships float, pebbled remains of polystyrene packaging, and a rainbow of assorted bottle caps. Most plentiful of all are multicolored plastic shafts of cotton ear-swabs. But there are also the odd little uniform shapes he challenges people to identify. Among twigs and seaweed fibers in the sand are a couple dozen blue and green plastic cylinders about two millimeters high.
http://www.green-web-design.com/blog/plankton-vs-plastic-how-garbage-impacted-health-ourocean

BPA can contaminate the environment either directly or through degradation of products containing BPA, such as ocean-borne plastic trashTry a reusable glass water bottle, or bring a cloth bag with you to the grocery store instead of plastic bags. Love Bottlemakes glass water bottles with some really neat designs. And most grocery stores sell reusable bags for less than a dollar, or get a customized bag at Custom Grocery Bags, made from Eco-friendly materials. Its easy to do your part, start a trend. A little goes a long way. http://www.algalita.org/documents/plastics-are-forever-eng-4-10.pdf Approximately 100 million containers are shipped annually over the worlds oceans. Shipping across the North Pacific Ocean from Asia to North America is along Great Circle routes in the West Wind Drift current at the northern edge of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Frequent severe storms along this route cause the loss of hundreds of containers overboard each year contributing, among other plastics, tens of thousands of shoes and millions of plastic shopping bags made in Asia buoyancy and persistence, plastic items contribute disproportionately to the overall impact of marine debris. Most of the debris that either entangles animals or is found in their stomachs is made of plastic. The majority of the plastic that ends up in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (a continent-sized area) has been shown to circulate for decades. Not all plastic floats on the surface. Approximately half of plastics are negatively buoyant. They therefore do not receive sunlight to facilitate the photodegredation process that breaks them into smaller pieces. This debris accumulates on the bottom of the ocean or benthos.

The nets, traps and lines that do not photo degrade continue to ghost fish (catch fish without a fisherman) and entangle fish and mammals for years. http://www.hkoutdoors.com/hong-kong/hong-kong-beaches.html

rubbish like plastic bags and polystyrene floating in to beaches on southern HK Island. This mentioned that the problem is worse after heavy rain, which washes rubbish to sea. I think it's also worse with onshore winds - on eastern Cheung Chau, get more such lap sap arriving in

What affect does plastic pollution make on marine life + http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/envfacts/plastic/index.htm

when plastic outlives its use, it is either burned or thrown away. These methods of disposing plastic tend to result in air, water and soil pollution. When plastic is burned, it tends to release toxic chemicals into the atmosphere; and when it is cast away, it makes its way into water bodies and soil resulting contamination of both water and soil, which increases the rate of mortality among animals and birds. This high use of plastic, unfortunately, leads to death of animals, who unknowingly consume the poorly disposed plastic bags and bottles. Also, during rains, the plastic fallen on roads gets washed into nearby water reservoirs and storm drains. The plastic that find its way into drains tends to block the drains and this provides a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Whereas, plastic that in water reservoirs tends to slowly contaminate the water, which is supplied to homes and farms for drinking and irrigation.

http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/envfacts/plastic/index.htm
Turtles are particularly badly affected by plastic pollution, and all seven of the world's turtle species are already either endangered or threatened for a number of reasons. Turtles get entangled in fishing nets, and many sea turtles have been found dead with plastic bags in their stomachs. It is believed they mistake these floating semi-transparent bags for jellyfish and eat them. The turtles die from choking or from being unable to eat. There is great concern about the effect of plastic rubbish on marine mammals in particular, because many of these creatures are already under threat for a variety of other reasons e.g. whale populations have been decimated by uncontrolled hunting. A recent US report concluded that 100 000 marine mammals die each year in the world's oceans by eating or becoming entangled in plastic rubbish, and the position is worsening.,When a marine mammal such as a Cape fur seal gets caught up in a large piece of plastic, it may simply drown, or become exhausted and die of starvation due to the greater effort needed to swim or the plastic may kill slowly over a period of months or years as it bites into the animal causing wounds, loss of blood and/or severing of limbs. A large number of marine creatures become trapped and killed in "ghost nets". These are pieces of gill nets which have been lost by fishing vessels. Other pieces of fishing equipment such as lobster pots may also keep trapping creatures. World-wide, 75 marine bird species are known to eat plastic articles. This includes 36 species found off South Africa. A recent study of blue petrel chicks at South Africa's remote Marion Island showed that 90% of chicks examined had plastic in their stomachs apparently fed to them accidentally by their parents. South African seabirds are among the worst affected in the world. Plastics may remain in the stomachs, blocking digestion and possibly causing starvation. As particular species seem to be badly affected this may be a threat to whole populations of these birds.

http://plasticbags.planetark.org/about/wildlife.cfm

Tens of thousands of whales, birds, seals and turtles are killed every year from plastic bag litter in the marine environment as they often mistake plastic bags for food such as jellyfish. Plastic bags, once ingested, cannot be digested or passed by an animal so it stays in the gut. Plastic in an animal's gut can prevent food digestion and can lead to a very slow and painful death.

http://www.sealsitters.org/learning/toxic_seals.html Zoe research:

Internet: - website: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_effect_does_pollution_ have_on_the_animal_life_in_the_sea

- one problem is animals mistaken plastic for food turtle,sea bird, fish etc... - UN environment program estimate one million seabirds plus 100,000 marine mammals killed by plastic every year. - like plastic bags, strings, mettle, tooth brush etc..... - animal every year killed - some rubbish contain toxic can get into animal - an animal can eat an animal which has eaten plastic and so on then the animal which had eaten the might carry some toxic Internet: Water Encyclopedia: website: http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Po-Re/Pollution-of-the-Ocean-byPlastic-and-Trash.html - since 1940 plastics use has increased - aside from unusual appearance which can affect humans health - fish,birds,marine mammals, reptiles and other animals Internet video website
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftbmO4D4DK4&feature=relmfu

- feed to young - your blood can contain chemicals which stick to plastic in it people

-when fish eat the plastic the fish will have Hg which is an type of bad type of chemical

how does it affects humans: person - we eat the fish and the fish has toxic or a sort of chemicals in them and also they might have some plastic in them - it can affect our health and well-being

suggestions for the last question: Emilys suggestion: http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/plastic. html#can

Get involved! Participate in local cleanups in your area. Remember that the land and sea, no matter where you are, are connected. Reduce the amount of waste you produce. Reuse items whenever possible. Choose reusable items over disposable ones. Recycle as much as possible. Bottles, cans, cell phones, ink cartridges, and many other items can be recycled.

.Plastics that go into curbside recycling bins get recycled. FACT: Most do not. 2.Curb side collection significantly reduces the amount of plastic land-filled. FACT: It does not. Less than 5% gets recycled worldwide. 3.Packaging resins are made from petroleum refinery waste. FACT: Nearly all are made from virgin petroleum and natural gas. 4.Plastic recyclers promote its recyclability.

FACT: Plastic resin pellet producers pay for recycling ads to promote the sale of plastics. Most plastics can only be down-cycled, made into lesser-grade products. Plastics, whether made from virgin or recycled resin, pose health and environmental risks through leaching, abrasion, and off-gassing. 5.Using plastic containers conserves energy. FACT: Most of the energy costs of plastic are incurred by the manufacturer. Virgin glass uses an equal amount of energy, while recycled glass uses far less than either virgin plastic or virgin glass. 6.Our choice is limited to recycling or wasting. FACT: Many healthy alternatives to plastic exist already, and are readily available. http://www.hkoutdoors .com/hong-kong/hong-kong-beaches.html Essentially, the worst of Hong Kong's beaches are along the west coast of Kowloon The two Clearwater Bay beaches are in fine settings, on the east coast of the Clearwater Bay peninsula (east of Kowloon). I've only tried once for swimming - and was surprised how murky the water was; maybe I was unlucky, as both ranked Good last year. http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/envfacts/plastic/index.htm Reduction of the amount of plastic used in packaging which is usually immediately thrown away. Re-use of plastics should be encouraged. Plastic wrapping and bags should carry a warning label stating the dangers of plastic pollution, and shoppers should be encouraged to use their own bags, or recycled paper bags. Buy products with less Plastic packaging and tell store Personnel why you are doing so. Shoppers should use their own bags or recycled paper bags. Support recycling schemes and promote support for one in your local area. Fishermen throughout South Africa should not throw away waste line, net or plastic litter this causes huge suffering and many deaths. Practice and promote proper disposal of plastics in your home and at the beach. Always remember that litter generates litter. Never dispose of plastics in the sewage system. At the beach dispose of plastics and other litter in the bins provided. If these facilities are inadequate, contact the local authority responsible and lodge a complaint. Take your litter back home with you if there are no receptacles on the beach. Pick up any plastic litter you may see on the beach or in rock pools in the vicinity in which you are sitting or walking. Encourage young children to do likewise. In the street never throw plastic or other litter out of your car or drop it on the pavement or in the gutter. Set an example to others and encourage them to help. Plastics are not themselves a problem. They are useful and popular materials which can be produced with relatively little

damage to the environment. The problem is the excessive use of plastics in one-off applications together with careless disposal.

Zoes suggestion

James suggestion
Greenpeace Hong Kong Office
8/F, Pacific Plaza, 410-418 Des Voeux Road West, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2854 8300 Fax: +852 2745 2426 E-mail: enquiry.hk@greenpeace.org

Ecovision Asia Level2,6 On Wo Lane Central Hong Kong T+852 2868!5585 F+852 28685583 Ecovisionasia.com HKcoastalcleanup.org http://hkcoastalcleanup.org/files/2011%20HKICC %20Report%20Nov25-email.pdf http://www.bagitmovie.com/downloads/bagittown_toolkit.pdf Green Sangha : Plastic State of Mind youtube.com/watch?v=koETnR0NgLY Save the Bay: The Bay vs the Bag youtube.com/watch?v=jSD21zp89zM Heal the Bay: Plastic Bags, Plastic Bags,

Plastic Bags . . . youtube.com/watch?v=hk-irnqoqus Message In the Waves: The Impact of Plastic Bags youtube.com/watch?v=eeBuHqomufk BBC World News America: Plastic Planet youtube.com/watch?v=T2vq4QFy87U Pretty Green Bag: Paper, Plastic or Reusable Bags youtube.com/watch?v=BeqMd5_12wg Turning the Tides: Ocean of Plastic youtube.com/watch?v=ZPBO-c5GMDQ Planet Ark: Plastic in the Ocean youtube.com/watch?v=EHYHHVs 8MYI Algalita Marine Research Foundation: Plastic and Marine Debris youtube.com/watch?v=rVwuPSLx 2Xc

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