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Issue
Issue
Marine debris is any persistent manufactured material that can end up - intentionally or unintentionally - in our rivers, lakes, and ocean.
Learn more about marine debris from northeast MI students and Great Lakes science partners.
Microplastics: The looming crisis
Microplastics: The looming crisis
SCIENTIST CONNECTION: Beads of Destruction
SCIENTIST CONNECTION: Beads of Destruction
Taking Action
Taking Action
MARINE DEBRIS REMOVAL
MARINE DEBRIS REMOVAL
Stop litter from entering the Great Lakes!
Stop litter from entering the Great Lakes!
Adopt-a-Beach™
Adopt-a-Beach™
Safety First!
Safety First!
Explore these safety tips for litter cleanups to make sure you stay safe while protecting the Great Lakes!
MARINE DEBRIS PREVENTION
MARINE DEBRIS PREVENTION
Sustainable Resource Management (Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and more!)
Sustainable Resource Management (Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and more!)
REDUCE
REDUCE
Refuse single-use plastics
Refuse single-use plastics
Choose one single-use plastic item to refuse. Add more items as you can!
Did you know the NEMIGLSI network is piloting a Taking a Bite of Lunchroom Waste curriculum and tool kit? It will be available in the 2022-23 school year.
REUSE
REUSE
By reusing, you cut out single-use plastics.
Be sure to wash your reusable items between use!
RECYCLE
RECYCLE
RESOURCE: Explore more MI EGLE recycling resources - including how to start a recycling program at your school!
RESOURCE: Explore MI EGLE Recycling Racoons campaign, an effort to improve recycling in Michigan.
Help others learn more about marine debris!
Help others learn more about marine debris!
Need pictures?
Need pictures?
RESOURCE: Visit MI Sea Grant's Marine Debris Flickr album, https://flic.kr/s/aHsmN4UTEB. Be sure to credit the photographer when using the images.
Alpena 4-H Tech Changemakers
Alpena 4-H Tech Changemakers
Did you know we use 1 TRILLION single-use plastic bags globally each year? (Source: The World Counts)
BUILD YOUR OWN BAG MONSTER
BUILD YOUR OWN BAG MONSTER
Place Based Stewardship Education
Place Based Stewardship Education
Case Study: Plastics 101
Case Study: Plastics 101
<<VIDEO: Ella White Elementary (Alpena Public Schools) students used their video communication skills to produce an educational film about plastics and prevention!
RESOURCE: Check out the sequel: Microplastics 101 (produced by the following year's class).
COMMUNITY PARTNER CONNECTIONS
COMMUNITY PARTNER CONNECTIONS
Get supplies and contribute to community science through their Adopt-A-Beach program
Join the #GreatLakes1Million challenge - an effort to remove 1 million pieces of litter from the Great Lakes Basin
Your local waste partners
Your local waste partners
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