TRASH TALK: Marine Debris and Plastics

The most common items found during the International Coastal Cleanup are plastic cigarette butts, food wrappers, plastic beverage bottles, plastic bottle caps, and drink stirrers. Notice anything in common with those things? It's a lot of single-use, disposable plastic.

Video Category
Marine Debris 101
Trash Talk
Education Tags:
Marine Debris Topics:  
• Types and Sources  
• Microplastics  
Audience:  
• Grade 3-5  
• Grade K-2  
• Grade 6-8  
• Informal  
Subject:  
• Earth Science  
• Physical Science  
Special Categories:  
• Multimedia  

For citation purposes, unless otherwise noted, this article was authored by the NOAA Marine Debris Program.

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