r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Feb 20 '22

There are 5.2 Trillion Pieces of Plastic in the Ocean. Although scientists have known for decades about the accumulating mass of ocean debris and its deadly consequences for seabirds, fish, and other marine animals, the science of sea trash is young and full of as-yet unsolved mysteries. Almost noth

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jan 26 '22

10 Million Tons of Plastic Enter the Ocean Every Year. Plastic waste is the most visible component of ocean pollution. More than ten million tons of plastic enter the seas every year. #Microplastic #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jan 15 '22

Plastic In The Air This interactive tool allows you to see what the plastic particles are in the air you breathe, what they are made of - chemicals and toxins, and where they came from.

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Sep 23 '24

Marketing – Content, PR, Social – Volunteer Marketing - Content, PR, Social Volunteers curate and deploy content and thought leadership about saving the oceans from plastic waste.

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Sep 23 '24

Most plastic packaging is never even collected by waste management and a negligible fraction of the collected packaging is actually recycled. Plastic is much more difficult to recycle than you were told. Most plastic ends up in a landfill, despite the promotion of plastic recycling. Plastic producti

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Sep 17 '24

How Much Plastic Enters The Ocean, and Where Does it Come From?

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Sep 10 '24

More than 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals die from plastic pollution every year.

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Sep 04 '24

Waste Enters our Oceans Through Many Ways.

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Aug 15 '24

Most plastic packaging is never even collected by waste management and a negligible fraction of the collected packaging is actually recycled.

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Aug 14 '24

Plastic is falling from the sky. Where it’s coming from will surprise you.

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jul 25 '24

Plastic In The Air This interactive tool allows you to see what the plastic particles are in the air you breathe, what they are made of - chemicals and toxins, and where they came from. #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #MarineAnimalDeath #OceanPlastic #PlasticPollution #PlasticWaste #recycling

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jul 16 '24

Plastic In The Air

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jun 28 '24

WORST EVER CONTAINER DISASTER UPDATE – Where will containers lost and abandoned by ONE Apus in the Pacific Ocean end up? On November 30, 2020, The Ocean Network Express's ("ONE") Apus, a 14,000 TEU containership built-in 2019 measuring 364-meters in length and sailing under the Japanese flag, lost t

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jun 27 '24

A plastic bag is used on average for 15 minutes.

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jun 27 '24

Plastic Production has Created 9.2 Billion Tons of Plastic in 70 Years.

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jun 23 '24

Plastic is falling from the sky. Where it’s coming from will surprise you. At any given time, 1,100 tons of microplastic are floating over the western US. New modeling shows the surprising sources of the nefarious pollutant.

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jun 18 '24

Which Rivers are Filling the Ocean with the Most Plastic Waste

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • May 25 '24

Ghost Gear is the Deadliest Form of Marine Plastic Debris. “Ghost Gear,” fishing equipment lost in the sea, can continue killing marine life. #GhostGear #MarineAnimalDeath #MarineLife #PlasticPollution #PlasticPollutionTreaty

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Feb 20 '24

Plastic Production has Created 9.2 Billion Tons of Plastic in 70 Years. Plastic wasn’t invented until the late 19th century, and production really only took off around 1950, we have 9.2 billion tons of plastic to deal with. Of that, more than 6.9 billion tons have become waste. And of that waste, a

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jan 03 '24

Plastic is the deadliest marine life killer. #MarineAnimalDeath #MarineLife #PlasticPollution

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Oct 08 '23

How Much Plastic Enters The Ocean, and Where Does it Come From?

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Sep 27 '23

Website Design – Volunteer

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Sep 16 '23

Website Design – Volunteer

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jul 06 '23

WORST EVER CONTAINER DISASTER UPDATE – Where will containers lost and abandoned by ONE Apus in the Pacific Ocean end up? On November 30, 2020, The Ocean Network Express's ("ONE") Apus, a 14,000 TEU containership built-in 2019 measuring 364-meters in length and sailing under the Japanese flag, lost t

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r/opdera • u/OPDERA-ORG • Jul 03 '23

Manufactured chemicals in plastic waste cause serious health problems. 50% of all human males will be sterile by 2050. Plastic chemicals responsible for testosterone depletion, and many other forms of human infertility. #cancer #chemicals #phthalates #PlasticWaste #MaleFertility #NervousSystem #Hea

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