101 – 210 – CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
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Lessons
209 – LESSON 9: Using Policy to Make a Difference
209 – LESSON 9: Using Policy to Make a Difference 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). By completing this lesson, you will be
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208 – LESSON 8: Taking Action, Creating A Plastics Recycling System
208 – LESSON 8: Taking Action, Creating A Plastics Recycling System 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. Mission: Healthy Oceans By completing this lesson, you will be able to: · explain
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207 – LESSON 7: Moving to Action – Encouraging Behaviour Change
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’. By completing this lesson, you will: understand the connection between what you know and what you do; understand how habits form;
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206 – LESSON 6: Ocean Plastics 201
206 – LESSON 6: Ocean Plastics 201: A Deeper Dive Ocean Plastics 201: An introduction to ocean plastics and what makes them different than plastics collected through source separated land-based programs. This includes sources of the plastics, contamination, sorting, management, and processing. Learning Objectives By completing this lesson, you will be able to describe: the magnitude of the ocean
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105 – LESSON 5: Impacts of Ocean Plastic Pollution
105 – LESSON 5: Creating a Circular Economy for Plastics Circular Economy 101: An introduction to the concept of a circular economy and how it could help resolve the ocean plastics pollution issue. Learning Objectives Understand the concept of a circular economy, specifically as it relates to plastic. Learn about actions that contribute to creating a circular
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104 – LESSON 4: Why is there so much plastic?
Learning Objectives After completing this lesson, you will be able to: ♦ Explain the reasons why there is so much plastic available to become plastic pollution including: Explain how much plastic production has increased Explain how plastic is produced for many uses Explain why plastic breaks down so slowly Explain how plastic waste is being
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210 – LESSON 10: Advocating for Change
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. By completing this final lesson, you should be able to: understand the purpose of advocacy; identify different organizations and people who can affect our plastics future; understand different
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101 – LESSON 1: Introduction to Ocean Plastics
Learning Objectives Lesson 1 provides an overview of plastic, explains plastic Resin Identification Codes, and explains how to sort and recycle plastic correctly. After completing this lesson, you will be able to: Identify the two main types of plastics Describe timeline of plastic and plastic pollution Explain what most synthetic plastic is made from Describe
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102 – LESSON 2: Microplastics
Learning Objectives Microplastics: An introduction to microplastics including sources of microplastics and why microplastics are an issue. After completing this lesson, you will be able to: Define microplastics Describe the two categories of microplastics Describe microplastics by characteristics of size and shape Identify four main sources of microplastics Describe harmful effects of microbeads and microfibres
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