What is ocean pollution?

Answer 1

• People drop cigarette butts in the street. Rain washes them into drains, which run into rivers and finally to the ocean.
• Factories put toxic chemicals into rivers …
• Cars drop oil on roadways. Rain washes this into streams and rivers …
• Street litter like plastic bags and bottles get caught in a rainstorm and down the drains …
• Ocean fishers throw their tangled nets overboard.
• Ships throw their rubbish and sewage into the oceans.
• Oil tankers make foolish mistakes and break up on rocks, spilling their cargo.

Answer 2

• People drop cigarette butts in the street. Rain washes them into drains, which run into rivers and finally to the ocean.
• Factories put toxic chemicals into rivers