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    Aymane El Ansari-Ocean Pollution

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    Ocean pollution is a serious problem that threatens marine life and humans. The major causes are urban, industrial, and agricultural waste entering oceans from inadequate waste management systems. Pollution enters oceans directly through sewage discharge, toxic chemicals from industries, land runoff, oil spills from ships, and ocean mining activities. Potential solutions approved by the EU include banning certain single-use plastics, applying the polluter pays principle to industries like tobacco, setting targets to collect 90% of plastic bottles by 2029, and increasing recycled content in plastic bottles.

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    Ocean Pollution

    Report made by:Aymane El Ansari


    Introduction:
    The world today faces many challenges, one challenge that need
    to be addressed is ocean pollution.

    This phenomenon contributes to the death of precious marine


    life, and threaten the lives of humans themselves in this report
    we will discusses the causes,effect and potential solution to this
    problem.

    Causes:

    The majority of marine pollution comes from urban, industrial


    and agricultural pollution.
    Urban pollution comes from coastal or riverine agglomerations
    that do not have effective waste and wastewater collection and
    reprocessing systems. The costs associated with this type of
    installation require a certain level of wealth, which implies that
    only advanced countries are able to acquire these
    infrastructures, while in developing countries, the equipment
    process is still under way. Between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes
    of waste enter the oceans each year due to inadequate handling
    and treatment of waste.
    1. Sewage
    Pollution can enter the ocean directly. Sewage or polluting
    substances flow through sewage, rivers, or drainages directly
    into the ocean. This is often how minerals and substances from
    mining camps find their way into the ocean.
    The release of other chemical nutrients into the ocean’s
    ecosystem leads to reductions in oxygen levels, the decay of
    plant life, a severe decline in the quality of the seawater itself.
    As a result, all levels of oceanic life, plants and animals, are
    highly affected.
    2. Toxic Chemicals From Industries
    Industrial and agricultural waste is another most common form
    of wastes that are directly discharged into the oceans, resulting
    in ocean pollution. The dumping of toxic liquids in the ocean
    directly affects the marine life as they are considered hazardous
    and secondly, they raise the temperature of the ocean, known
    as thermal pollution, as the temperature of these liquids is quite
    high. Animals and plants that cannot survive at higher
    temperatures eventually perish.
    3. Land Runoff
    Land runoff is another source of pollution in the ocean. This
    occurs when water infiltrates the soil to its maximum extent and
    the excess water from rain, flooding or melting flows over the
    land and into the ocean.

    4. Large Scale Oil Spills


    Ship pollution is a huge source of ocean pollution, the most
    devastating effect of which is oil spills. Crude oil lasts for years in
    the sea and is extremely toxic to marine life, often suffocating
    marine animals to death once it entraps them. Crude oil is also
    extremely difficult to clean up, unfortunately meaning that when
    it is split; it is usually there to stay.
    5. Ocean Mining
    Ocean mining in the deep sea is yet another source of ocean
    pollution. Ocean mining sites drilling for silver, gold, copper,
    cobalt, and zinc create sulfide deposits up to three and a half
    thousand meters down into the ocean.
    Solution:

    A ban on single-use plastics for which other alternatives are


    available such as: cutlery (knives, spoons, forks, chopsticks) and
    plates, cotton swabs, straws, touillettes and balloon stems. MEPs
    added oxo-plastics and some polystyrenes were approved by
    MEPs.

    Other measures were also approved during a vote on March 27


    in Strasbourg. Here they are :Reinforced application of the
    "polluter pays" principle, among others for the tobacco industry,
    by making producers more responsible. This new regime will also
    apply to fishing gear, to ensure that manufacturers, not
    fishermen, bear the costs of collecting nets lost at sea.

    Targets to collect 90% of plastic bottles by 2029 (for example, by


    introducing deposit systems).

    Plastic bottles will need to be at least 25% recycled content by


    2025, and 30% by 2030.

    Provide labeling requirements for sanitary napkins and tampons


    as well as for cigarette filters, plastic cups, wet wipes to inform
    consumers of their negative environmental impact.

    Continue to educate on the importance of recycling.

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