What You Can Do to Reduce Ocean Pollution

Be informed and aware of your impact on the environment. Everything you do and use has some bearing on your surroundings. Making intelligent choices and changes in the manner of your everyday living is perhaps the most effective solution for ocean pollution.

• Reduse plastic bags and recycle plastics. Don't throw them away.

• Cut down on the use of toxic household cleaners.

• Don't throw trash when you visit the beach, or when you go anywhere else, for that matter.

• Make sure your vehicles and boats do not leak oil on the road or on the water. When it rains, this oil will of course be washed away and eventually, via streams, rivers or drains, find its way into the ocean.

• For the same reason, do not flush medications and chemicals down the drain.

• Cut down on the use of chemicals and fertilizers in your garden or on your farm.

• Volunteer and participate in environment clean-up drives.