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Websites We LOVE

We have found these websites to be very informative and honor them as Chirping Birds! 

 Algalita Marine Research Foundation
5 Gyres
Surfrider Foundation
Plastic Pollution Coalition
Plastic Bag Ban Report
Coastal Care
Ocean Elders
Plastic-Free Blog
Life Without Plastic
Plastic Free Guide
How to live plastic free interview on TLC
Be Plastic Bag Free
Misconceptions about Plastic Recycling 
Mens Health article
SOS Plastic
Grist (major green/eco blog)
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/
Youth Program
Products to help you replace plastic 



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Our Chief Chirping Bird and the discoverer of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Capt Charles Moore inspires us to understand that one person CAN make a difference in the world!

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Mission

The Mission of the Chirping Bird Society is to raise awareness of the dangers of the Plastic Age to our health and our oceans by recruiting new chirping birds into our flock.

Can't the government just deal with this?

No single nation or authority bears responsibility for the oceans; therefore, cleanup and prevention of plastic pollution are left up to NGOs and each of us individually.

About 300 million metric tons of plastic are produced globally each year.

Only about 10 percent of that is recycled. Of the plastic that is simply trashed, an estimated seven million tons end up in the sea each year.

There, it breaks down into smaller and smaller fragments over the years.

The tinier the pieces, the more easily they are swallowed by marine life. (One study found that fish in the North Pacific ingest as much as 24,000 tons of plastic debris a year.)

Read the full article from the NY Times here



Bisphenol A (BPA)

BPA is a chemical building block used to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. Studies have linked BPA to hormone disruption, increased breast and prostate cancer cell growth, obesity and early onset puberty.



Decomposition Rates of Plastics:

Styrofoam Cups - 50 years
Plastic Cup - 400 years
Diaper - 450 years
Plastic Bottle - 450 years
Fishing Line - 600 years

source: The Marine Conservancy

We toss away more than 100 billion plastic bottles every year!
Because of bags and bottles and all manner of plastics, we lose as many or more than one million birds and 100,000 sea creatures every year.
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