Chimacum World Solutions: Stanky Fishy Stanky Fishy

Stanky Fishy Stanky Fishy

This is a picture of what our waters should look like!
👈🏻 Now take a look at this
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The topic that I chose for my project is the ocean plastic problem. The problem we are facing is that all the plastic that is washing up in our rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans. It's a very big problem because not only is it threatening all of our sea creatures, but it's also killing our wildlife in and around those waters.

The Three R's

Ok, now let's talk about the three R's. If you don't already know what the three R's are, or what they stand for, here you go:

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

To sum it up a little, we are just trying to use something as much as it can be used, and then turning it into something good. That's our problem right now! Not everyone is taking this into consideration, or being RESPONSIBLE when it comes to making the most out of something, and then discarding it properly. Ok, so picture this example - for every time that you do something wrong, let's say...forget to pick up your trash, and the result of this is one tree gets taken down. Let's talk about what the trees do to help us? Right...they help us breathe! But, if you compare that to all the garbage that is being washed up on what used to be a family-friendly beach or river, we would have no tree's left. We'd all die, and then look at all our wildlife that we are eliminating because of what humankind has done, and not only that but our own people too!

Pollution is everywhere and you can help! Be responsible and pick up after yourself. If you have any plastic, glass, paper, cardboard, or jugs you NEED to recycle them! It doesn't only save our planet but it saves you. It saves our planet because we aren't letting all the bad toxins used to make our garbage out where animals can reach, or decongest it. "Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis" Global! It's all over the world, I believe that anyone can help this problem. "We’ve sued companies that turn plastic into consumer goods to better control their runoff."

This is a picture of my prototype:

My solution to solve the Ocean plastic problem is, to make a water-based floating dump truck. It will be designed just like a normal dump truck except with some upgrades. It will run off of the water that it's picking trash up from so that it won't leak oil. There will be a large net at the back that will push all the trash onto a large conveyor belt that will slowly bring it up into a grinder that will turn into microplastic that will soon be disposed when collected.