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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 plastics pollution problem;
the prevalence and origins of ocean plastics;
some of the many negative effects of ocean plastics;
the difference between managing plastics on land and managing them after they enter the ocean; and
some of the many challenges of cleaning up ocean plastics.
