Protect the Platypus

Protect the Platypus

Everyone knows the Agent P or Perry the Platypus from the show Phineas and Ferb, but Perry may not be known if pollution doesn't stop. Pollution is any unwanted or dangerous object that is present in a body of water (1).The plastics that are not thrown away properly, create obstacles for the platypuses in the oceans. The trash that is at your house can end up in the ocean and then hurt the animals by having the trash wrapped around them (2). There is ways to stop the animals from getting the plastics and trash in their homes. Perry the Platypus will tell us how to keep the trash out of the ocean.

(3) Perry and the Trash

The first thing that stops ocean pollution is YOU! You are the person that needs to watch what you are throwing away. To make sure that you are throwing the right thing away follow these steps.

(4) Perry wants YOU!

•     Make sure that you separate the trash from things that need to be recycled
•     Have different bins for trash and recycling
•     Know what can and cannot be thrown away
•     If you are not sure, ask an adult
•     Keep the habit going, don’t stop after a week
•     Tell your friends and family to do what you are

There are other ways to keep the trash out of the oceans that you can do at home. YOU can…

•     Buy a reusable water bottle
•     Use less plastic forks, spoons, knives, plates, and cups
•     Refill your shampoo and body wash bottles
•     Read the labels on the bottom of objects to see where they should go

Some items that YOU CAN recycle..                      

• Glass Bottles                                                                        
• Soda Cans
• Plastic Shampoo Bottles
• Newspapers
• Cardboard

 Some items that YOU CAN'T recycle..

• Foods
• Juice Boxes
• Light Bulbs
• Toilet Paper
• Paper Towels
• Styrofoam

All of these tips can help keep the plastics from your home into the oceans and keep the animals like Perry the Platypus safe in the water. The animals need the help from humans to keep their home safe and everything that you do to help, makes their lives easier. Don’t make the animals have to go through an obstacle course to swim around, keep the oceans clean by doing your part in recycling and reusing to reduce for the animals.

(5) Phineas and Ferb

(1)  Woodford, C. (2006) Water pollution: An introduction. Retrieved from http://www.explainthatstuff.com/waterpollution.html.

(2)  Amos, A. (2011). Pollution of the ocean by plastic and trash. Retrieved from

http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Po-Re/Pollution-of-the-Ocean-by-Plastic-and-Trash.html
(3) Perry and the trash [photograph].(n.d.). Retrieved November 29, 2014 from http://images6.fanpop.com/image/polls/1238000/1238533_1372327034771_full.jpg
(4) Perry wants you [photograph]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 29, 2014 from http://moodle.tcaps.net/pluginfile.php/32380/course/section/8875/Agent_P_want_you____by_KatieLah.jpg
(5) Phineas and ferb title scene [photograph]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 29, 2014  from http://blurppy.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/phineas-and-ferb-and-candace-and-perry.jpg