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How Your Can Help As An Individual
 Cut up plastic 6-pack rings - Plastic 6-pack rings are one of the most dangerous things in marine debris! They get stuck around the necks of birds and marine animals, choking them. Please cut plastic 6-pack rings before throwing them away in the trash or recycling.
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Be sure to recycle - Be sure to recycle all of the things that your state or country lets you. Make sure your family is recycling!
Save newspapers, plastic bottles and aluminum cans. |
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| Don't litter - Getting rid of trash the right way is a very important way to reduce marine debris. When cigarette butts are thrown out of cars, they wash into the storm drains and out into the ocean. They are a big part of marine debris! |
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How Your Can Help Your Community
| Start a Poster Contest at Your School - Display the Posters in Your Community - Help spread the news around your school. Start a poster contest and give prizes for the best posters. |
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| Start a Cleanup Project With Your School, Club or Church - Tell your mom and dad and family. Tell your friends. Tell your organization! Get everyone to help! |
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| Help With Local Recycling Projects -. Collect cans and bottles for your school. Give them to the schools that need them. |
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How Your Can Help Globally
| Start a Penny Drive - Sponsor an Ocean Cleanup Team! - Have a penny drive at your school, club or church. Donate the money to the International Coastal Cleanup and sponsor an ocean cleanup team!. To find out more about it, go to the Ocean Conservancy International Coastal Cleanup web site at: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_icc |
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| Join Your State or Country's International Coastal Cleanup - You can act locally, and help globally! Each year, there is an International Coastal Cleanup Day. This year, it is on September 15, 2007. Sign up at: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_icc |
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| Make a Web Site - You can do like we did, and make a web site about marine debris. Make it about your own country. Help spread the word about marine debris, and you will help the world! |
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