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This week in social studies we watched some videos about Trashing our planet and plastic pollution and how it affects the future earth. And Also We have been studying how we can save the planet and the ocean. We can Stop this by not littering and not using plastic because 10% of all plastics go into the ocean and kill sea animals. We have also been using a happy to broadcast site, which is a news site and what makes it different is that it only shares positive news. For example, Mr beast( A YouTuber) planted 20 million trees. And research shows that the mere sight of an indoor plant can reduce stress and anxiety and improves your sense of well being.

What's a Garbage pouch? Garbage patches are large areas of the ocean where litter, fishing gear, and other debris - known as marine debris - collects. One in the Indian Ocean, two in the Atlantic Ocean, and two in the Pacific Ocean. Garbage patches of varying sizes are located in each gyre.

We have also been studying plastic pollution and how it affects the ocean, and we are also learning about how to stop this. Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, as the rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world’s ability to deal with them. Plastic pollution is most visible in developing Asian and African nations, where garbage collection systems are often inefficient or nonexistent. But the developed world, especially in countries with low recycling rates, also has trouble properly collecting discarded plastics. Plastic trash has become so ubiquitous it has prompted efforts to write a global treaty negotiated by the United Nations.

Action	Why did this happen?	Effects?
Littering	People being lazy	Places become messy, rubbish goes into the ocean.
Daily use of plastics	People use plastic for living.	It will go to the ocean and kills animals
Provide an example of government control	When fast foods stopped using plastic straws and shops stopped using plastic bags.	And after that we are not littering as much as we used to litter and that helped a lot.
Provide a positive example of social action	Some People are using cans for water instead of plastic water bottles.	Plastic bottles have survived in the ocean for 150 million years, and if people stop using water bottles it will help a lot.
Tonnes of rubbish being dumped in the ocean	I think people don't really know how worse the world's going to get if we keep throwing rubbish in the ocean.	It will kill sea animals such as: Sea turtles, whales, fish and alot more. And 10% of rubbish goes to the ocean.

The Solution

Littering	Try not to use plastic or throw it in the rubbish bin.
Daily uses of plastic	Try to use non-plastic stuff for example instead of using plastic water bottles use cans.
What government can do	Make a limit for using plastic
Positive example	In NZ in 2018 plastic bags got banned and now people are using other bags for groceries.
Tonnes of rubbish being dumped in the ocean	It kills sea animals so we have to stop throwing rubbish in the ocean instead burn them, DO WHATEVER BUT NOT THROW IT IN THE OCEAN.