quiz - initiatives océanes · 2015-07-01 · la recharge; in berlin: original unverpackt; in...
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QUIZFINDING SUITABLE SOLUTIONS
TO TACKLE MARINE LITTER.
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This quiz will improve your understanding of the pollution caused by marine litter, and it also proposes avenues for reflection to prevent the proliferation of trash. For each question there is a number of answers to choose from. Participants are invited to select the right answer, but beware: sometimes there is more than one possible solution! The correct answers can be found on the reverse of the cards.
As you are going through the questions, you will discover alternatives or solutions to reduce pollution in our oceans in connection with four specific types of trash. Feel free to pass the cards to the next participant so that everyone can have a turn asking questions, and and after your Ocean Initiative play the game with everyone you know!
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FOODPACKAGING
CIGARETTE BUTTS
COTTON SWABS
PLASTIC MICROBEADS
CIGARETTE BUTTS#01 QUESTION
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DISPOSE OF YOUR CIGARETTE BUTT?
1. Aim for a sewer drain, with style.
2. Extinguish it on the ground and put it in the trash.
3. Let it extinguish itself in a waterproof box and
empty it regularly.
CIGARETTE BUTTS
A cigarette butt takes more
than two years to decompose on
the ground, and it pollutes up to 500 litres
of water. Recent studies show that the majority
of toxic materials found in tobacco remain trapped
in the butt. Stamping it out on the ground and putting
it in the trash is therefore not enough. For smokers,
carrying a flame retardant and waterproof box in
which to dispose of their still-lit cigarettes, and
regularly emptying it, is the best solution.
#01 ANSWER3. Let it extinguish itself in a waterproof box
and empty it regularly.
CIGARETTE BUTTS#02 QUESTION
WHAT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR LIMITING THE PRESENCE OF CIGARETTE BUTTS ON OUR BEACHES?
1. Making more trash cans and ash trays available
on beaches.
2. Putting an awareness raising campaign in place.
3. Expelling all smokers from their town.
4. Prohibiting smoking on beaches in their town.
CIGARETTE BUTTS
Advantages of prohibiting smoking on beaches:• Reduction in the number of smokers and therefore
potentially the number of cigarette butts on beaches.• Reduction of nuisance for non-smokers.
Disadvantages of prohibiting smoking on beaches:• Cigarette butts found on beaches are not exclusively
from being thrown directly onto the sand.. The majority of cigarette butts are thrown out upstream in towns or inland.
• Awareness raising activities could be more efficient. In fact, without information, it is more difficult for smokers to understand the impact that their actions can have on the environment, and they could simply choose to go to another beach and only displace the problem.
• Lifeguards are often in charge of this surveillance, which therefore interferes with their main duties.
• After lifeguard posts are closed, anything goes!
1 and 2 certainly, and 4 is up for debate.
#02 ANSWER
CIGARETTE BUTTS#03 QUESTION
SOME CIGARETTE BUTTS ARE NOW BIODEGRADABLE, IS THIS A GOOD SOLUTION FOR YOU?
CIGARETTE BUTTS#03 ANSWER
Best answer:
Of course not, the danger of cigarette butts resides
essentially in the toxic materials and tobacco that
remain in the filter. Biodegradable cigarette butts
limit pollution from the material itself, but it does
not eliminate the release of toxic material into the
environment.
The notion of biodegradability may lead the smoker
to believe that disposing of it in the environment has
no polluting effects. However, normally, so-called
biodegradable products take time to break apart
and decompose into finer particles that do not at all
exclude the harmful effects that they can have on the
environment (ingestion by fauna, spread of chemical
pollutants, etc.).
CIGARETTEBUTTS
SOME IDEAS TO REDUCE POLLUTION CAUSED BY CIGARETTE BUTTS.
Use pocket ashtrays.
Save cigarette butts for subsequent use (textiles...).
Hold awareness raising activities including input from manufacturers and public authorities. In fact, without information, it is more difficult for smokers to understand the impact that their gesture can have on the environment, and they could simply choose to go to another beach and only displace the problem.
FOODPACKAGING#04 QUESTION
HOW DO WE REDUCE THE WEIGHT OF OUR GARBAGE?
FOODPACKAGING
Minimise packaging
when shopping for our
products, recycling, composting
organic waste, favouring reusable
packaging, etc.
#04 ANSWERAcceptable answers:
FOODPACKAGING#05 QUESTION
DO STORES HAVE INITIATIVES TO LIMIT THE CONSUMPTION OF PACKAGING?
FOODPACKAGING
• Supermarkets without packaging (ex: in Bordeaux:
La Recharge; in Berlin: Original Unverpackt; in Texas:
In.gredients).
• Products sold loose or retail with reusable containers.
• Purchasing with refillable packaging.
• Purchasing in bulk and adapted to consumption.
Several options are offered to manufacturers: limiting
the packaging of their products, working with eco-design
for packaging, promoting the reuse of their packaging and
offering consumers the possibility of refilling them at a
lower cost, choosing reusable and durable materials, and
when this is not possible, recyclables.
Distributors and supermarkets also have a role to play:
using signage to indicate products with less packaging,
making available to clients product packaging for
transporting their purchases (ex: cardboard boxes).
#05 ANSWERAcceptable answers:
FOODPACKAGING#06 QUESTION
HOW CAN CONSUMERS REDUCE THEIR PACKAGING WASTE?
1. It is not possible, manufacturers must provide us
with better products.
2. We must consume less.
3. We have our role to play in choosing our products,
just like manufacturers with packaging and
politicians in regulatory framework.
FOODPACKAGING
A product’s packaging can
represent 80% of the product’s total
final weight and reach up to 65% of its cost.
Similarly, packaging waste can make up
nearly 30% in weight and 50% in volume of the
total quantity of garbage. For these reasons,
we all have an interest in being vigilant in
terms of the products that we choose, which
is an even stronger reason for manufacturers
to be perceptive of our expectations.
#06 ANSWER3. We have our role to play in choosing
our products.
FOODPACKAGING#07 QUESTION
WHAT MEASURES CAN A PUBLIC BODY PUT INTO PLACE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF PACKAGING FOUND IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT?
FOODPACKAGING
• Promoting policies of reuse, namely through the
waste removal system.
• Providing residents with recyclable containers,
especially for their daily meal purchases (eg. fish).
• Putting a pricing system in place for collecting
garbage calculated in function of each individual’s
real production (incentive fee).
• Optimising the recycling of waste.
#07 ANSWERAcceptable answers:
FOODPACKAGING
SOME IDEAS TO REDUCEPLASTIC FOOD PACKAGING.
Use more durable materials, reduce excess packaging.
Use alternative materials (less polluting, reusable,...).
Apply incentive measures (example of the incentive fee), waste plans, industrial constraints, regulations on packaging.
Implement return systems.
Implement a supplementary taxation for single-use packaging (eco-packaging).
Adopt the 4R behaviour: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
Favour these packages:>> Those that are recyclable because they are made of cardboard, glass, or metal.
>> Those that can have a second life! For example, a jar for spreads or mustard can become glassware, the metal biscuit or tea box could hold other biscuits, pasta, rice, or even sugar.
>> Those with a great capacity to be refilled and prevent packaging waste.
COTTON SWABS#08 QUESTION
WHY CAN WE FIND SO MANY COTTON BUD STICKS ON BEACHES?
1. Because they are used on the beach.
2. Because they are being thrown in toilets after use.
3. Because there are public landfills near water
courses.
COTTON SWABS
Small objects thrown away in toilets
are not always retrieved by purification
stations that treat our waste water.
Therefore, these objects travel through the
sewer system until reaching the natural
environment, and finally, the ocean.
A small portion of these are then
found on beaches.
#08 ANSWER2. Because they are being thrown in
toilets after use.
COTTON SWABS#09 QUESTION
WHAT OPTIONS ALLOW AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF COTTON BUD STICKS SENT INTO WATER BODIES?
COTTON SWABS
Public awareness raising to
stop their being thrown into toilets,
improving waste water collection systems
and networks (namely replacing combined
sewer systems with separate sewer systems),
laws against disposable plastics, pressure on
manufacturers to use alternative materials
(wood, etc.).
#09 ANSWERAcceptable answers:
COTTON SWABS#10 QUESTION
WHAT SOLUTIONS COULD BE OFFERED TO A MANUFACTURER THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF COTTON BUD STICKS ON BEACHES?
COTTON SWABS
Use of
alternative materials
for the stick instead of plastic
(wood, dense cardboard, etc.),
awareness raising message on the box,
advertisements, etc.
#10 ANSWERAcceptable answers:
COTTON SWABS
SOME IDEAS TO REDUCE POLLUTION CAUSED BY COTTON SWABS.
Implement a law aimed at stopping the use of single-use plastic cotton buds.
Create a «Toilets are not trash bins!» communication and awareness raising campaign.
Throw cotton swabs in the bin.
Use of alternative solutions for hygiene: cotton balls, hopi ear candles, sweet almond oil, biodegradable sticks, warm water.
TOILETS ARE NOT TRASH BINS!!
PLASTIC MICROBEADS#11 QUESTION
WHAT ARE PLASTIC MICROBEADS?
1. The residue of fragmented plastic waste.
2. Plastic particles used mainly in cosmetic products
for their exfoliating properties.
3. Plastic follicles (the raw material of plastic) lost
during transport.
PLASTIC MICROBEADS
A single «face-wash»
type product could contain
up to 360,000 plastic microbeads.
In certain products, microbeads make
up 10% of the product’s total volume.
#11 ANSWER2. Plastic particles used mainly in cosmetic
products for their exfoliating properties.
PLASTIC MICROBEADS#12 QUESTION
HOW CAN PLASTIC MICROBEADS USED IN COSMETICS END UP IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS?
1. Through poor waste management in the
manufacturing process in factories.
2. They are lost during sea transport if a container
is lost.
3. They are produced by oysters.
4. They run down the shower or sink drain and are
not filtered by water purification stations.
PLASTIC MICROBEADS
Too small to be
recovered by the majority
of water purification stations,
these microbeads move through the
water purification network and end their
trip in the ocean.
#12 ANSWER4. They run down the shower or sink drain and
are not filtered by water purification stations.
PLASTIC MICROBEADS#13 QUESTION
WHAT MEASURES CAN BE PUT INTO PLACE BY THE EUROPEAN UNION IN ORDER TO MAKE PLASTIC MICROBEADS DISAPPEAR FROM NATURE?
1. Putting forward regulations to prohibit the use of plastic
microbeads.
2. Providing information and raising consumer awareness
on their hygiene product consumption.
3. Putting in place policies that favour natural hygiene
products.
EU
PLASTIC MICROBEADS
Solutions to
the problem of plastic
microbeads exist,
we all have our role to play!
#13 ANSWERAll three!
PLASTIC MICROBEADS#14 QUESTION
WHAT ALTERNATIVES TO PLASTIC MICROBEADS DO SOME MANUFACTURERS USE IN THEIR COSMETIC PRODUCTS?
1. Materials composed of modified cellulose extracted
from wood pulp.
2. Natural shell, nut, mineral, bamboo, rice, and wax
materials.
3. Dehydrated melon seeds from Spain.
PLASTIC MICROBEADS
Numerous alternatives
to plastic microbeads exist,
let’s use them!
#14 ANSWERAll three!
PLASTIC MICROBEADS#15 QUESTION
ARE THERE COSMETIC OR PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN PLASTIC MICROBEADS?
1. Yes.
2. No.
PLASTIC MICROBEADS
Plastic microbeads are mostly found in exfoliating
cosmetic products (facial cleaners, exfoliating body
cream...) or toothpaste with whitening properties.
In order to verify if the product contains them, download
the smartphone application «Beat the Microbead» that
allows for hygiene product barcodes to be scanned,
informing you if microbeads are present or not.
If in the composition of the product you see: polyethylene
(PE), polypropylene (PP), Nylon, polyethylene
terephthalate (PET), polymethyl methacrylate PMMA, it
is a product that contains plastic microbeads.
#15 ANSWER1. Yes.
PLASTIC MICROBEADS
WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL LOBBYING?
1. A beautiful utopia.
2. A means of expressing citizens’ demands about
current ecological concerns.
3. A way that you can be involved in putting
pressure on politicians and industries.
#16 QUESTION
PLASTIC MICROBEADS
Today it is estimated that between 15,300 and 30,000
lobbyists are operating in Brussels to influence
European politicians in favour of the interests they
defend. It is also estimated that more than half of national
laws are of European origin.
If environmental NGO lobbying may seem weak in
comparison to private sector lobbying which represents
2/3 of lobbyists, it remains essential for the voice of the
environment and for citizens to be heard at the highest
level of decision-making. Surfrider has had important
success in its work to influence changes in laws to better
protect the marine environment, the coastline, and its
users. There are so many reasons to believe in this sphere
of influence in addition to legal work, raising awareness,
education, and training that Surfrider undertakes with
citizens, elected officials, and manufacturers.
#16 ANSWERThe 2nd and 3rd answers.A means of expressing citizens’ demands.
Pressure exercised on politicians and industries.
PLASTIC MICROBEADS
SOME IDEAS TO REDUCE PLASTIC MICROBEADS.
Research materials with similar yet non-polluting properties.
Ban the use of persistent plastic composites in cosmetic products (American states that have planned for hygiene products containing microbeads to be banned: Illinois, California, New York).
Take part in the citizens’ lobbying campaign to prohibit the use of microbeads in cosmetics.
Take part part in Surfrider’s lobbying campaign during the review of the European cosmetic directive to introduce the banning of microbeads (2015-2016).
Choose hygiene products that do not use micro-beads (http://get.beatthemicrobead.org/). They can be easily replaced by natural biodegradable in-gredients such as nutshells, apricot kernels, or salt crystals (used in place of microbeads because they are less expensive and their surface is more regu-lar).
Program aiming to reduce marine litter at the source. The goal is to achieve a change in people’s behaviours based on this educational campaign, which focuses on local collections of trash along rivers, lakes, beaches, and on the seabeds. During these activities, information is gathered on marine litter, which allows for a general assessment of the situation and, as a result, enables us to work on an adaptation of the European regulatory framework.
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