Second Place Winner: 2020 Ohio PSA Competition

This video is the second place winner for the 2020 "Communicating for a Clean Future" Ohio Marine Debris Challenge. This competition invited students from Ohio's Lake Erie coastal communities to create public service announcements to bring awareness to the issue of marine debris.

Transcript

“Only we humans make waste that nature can't digest." - Captain Charles Moore

Marine Debris is solid material that has been disposed of or abandoned into the marine

environment or the Great Lakes.

Plastic makes up about 80% of the marine debris in the Great Lakes.

Microplastic is extremely small, broken down plastic debris. It poses a large threat to the Great

Lakes.

Microplastic severely harms animals in and around the lakes.

What can we do to help?

Organize a beach cleanup.

Recycle. Keep as much plastic out of the water as you can.

Keep our Great Lakes Clean.