What can be done to control plastic pollution in the marine environment?
• Support and encourage enforcement of environmental regulations. • Buy consumer products that use a minimum of plastic packing materials. Reduce your personal use of plastics. • Encourage local harbors and marinas to provide adequate facilities for collection of solid wastes including plastics. Bring everything back from your boating adventures. Throw nothing overboard • Most plastic debris (80%) that pollutes the ocean comes from the uplands and not from boaters. Local communities can do a better job with maintenance of their storm sewer systems, solid waste disposal facilities like landfills, and trash collection. • Participate in clean-up day activities and pickup trash when you see it. Call the Center for Marine Conservation at 1-800-CMC-BEACH for information on clean-up campaigns happening in your region. Leave the beach or campsite cleaner than you found it. These suggestions are just a few of the ways boaters can protect the environment. Ours is an innovative industry and new i
