An ocean conservation policy brief
The idea of a policy brief is to either argue for a particular course of action or to give enough information for a policymaker to make up their own mind. What style do you think I wrote about?
The general gist of my policy was that simply “banning straws” is not enough to actually make an impact. When we are concerned about Canada’s contribution to ecological destruction we must do far more than that. Since the six categories of plastic waste barely make up that much of ocean plastics there are better ways to achieve our goal. Industry and packaging material actually makes up more of the plastic waste made. Furthermore, ghost gear is arguably even worse for the environment because not only is it waste but it can trap and kill things. Lastly, a more important contributor to Canada’s ecological footprint is actually fossil fuel burning!
If we want action to occur we need to spread the word. Below is a brainstormed list of people that we can send this type of thing.
