The Journey of Plastics to the Ocean: An introduction to how plastics become ocean plastics including the common pathways for plastics to reach the ocean.
105 – LECCIÓN 5: Impactos de la contaminación por plásticos en los océanos
Plastic is ubiquitous and interacts with all aspects of the biosphere. There is no other single anthropogenic (human-made) contaminant that has had such a wide spectrum of direct exposure across all levels of biology.
Learn about the concept of a circular economy, exploring its two fundamental cycles and three guiding principles. Understand the benefits and the importance of traditional knowledge with a specific focus on transitioning to and the advantages of a circular economy for plastic.
Encouraging Behavioural Changes: An overview of how to encourage and enable behavioural changes that would work towards preventing and collecting ocean plastics, and encourage people to ‘join the ocean plastics cause’.
208 – LECCIÓN 8: Pasar a la acción, crear un sistema de reciclaje de plásticos
Recycling System Planning: An overview of how to set up a recycling system for ocean plastics prevention and management: essentially a “Master Recycler’ course aimed at anyone who seeks to collect or process plastics or ocean plastics.
209 – LECCIÓN 9: Utilizar la política para marcar la diferencia
How to Use Policies to Affect Change: An overview of the kinds of policies that exist that could stem the flow of ocean plastics into the environment (e.g., extended producer responsibility, deposit return systems, green procurement, funding tools).
How to Advocate for Change: An overview of ‘how to advocate for change’ (e.g., in policies or actions), using Canada as the example location for that advocacy.