More rubbish than fish
R Doom 5 at Ōmokoroa Point School has been working hard on an inquiry unit into our oceans. This has led to learning about the issue of ocean pollution. They have written letters and designed posters to persuade people to take action, to reduce plastic pollution, and to pick up litter. id you know in 2050 scientists say there is going to be more rubbish in the ocean than fish? I hope by 2050 we stop rubbish from getting into our oceans. Glass takes 1 million years to break down, not a week! Sea creatures are eating plastic thinking it is other food. Pollution is getting out of hand. We need to stop pollution now!
How to fix this? Buy more reusable things, put your rubbish in the bin and try to use less plastic. It’s not only affecting the rest of the world, we went for a walk in Ōmokoroa and found heaps of rubbish. Help save the world. What are you waiting for? Go save us and the world. I’m only a child and I don’t want to grow up and swim in the rubbish.
DBy Keira Gemmell By Leander Heyns
id you know scientists say by the year 2050 there will be more rubbish than fish in the ocean? Pollution is beginning to become a huge problem for our oceans around the world. I hope that before the year 2050 we can fix this problem.
Did you know it takes up to 1 million years for glass to decompose in the ocean? Sea turtles think that a plastic bag is kelp. Kelp is a turtle’s favourite food. Whales think that a plastic bag is a squid because whales use echolocation to find their food so it is hard to tell if it’s a squid or a plastic bag. Kelp looks a lot like a plastic bag.
To save our oceans don’t use plastic wrap and don’t use plastic toothbrushes, use a wooden toothbrush instead. Or if you want to use a plastic toothbrush use a rechargeable one.
So what are we waiting for? Let’s get out there and save our oceans.