Before a 1940s raid by state revenue agents, area bars and cafes are said to have dumped their illegal slot machines in the middle of the night into June Lake. Many subsequent dive teams have failed to find any of the mythical one armed bandits, but this 2010 monument - incorporating pieces of an old slot machine, and belt buckles of E Clampus Vitus (Bodie chapter) members - helps sustain the legend. June Lake, California: Legendary Slot Machines In June Lake The story of slot machines secretly dumped into the lake before a state revenue agent raid may be questionable, but the hopeful still dive the lake in search. Historical monument replicates a slot machine. Slots by the same developers constantly being mentioned, certain casinos being identified as possessing loose slots, and slot machines by name that have proven to be big earners for players.
Ending Single-Use Plastics
How you can help save our oceans from plastic pollution
Join Oceana to End the Plastics Problem and Save the Oceans
Since you've been
on this webpage
pounds of plastics
have entered the ocean
The oceans face a massive and growing threat from something you encounter everyday: plastics. An estimated 17.6 billion pounds of plastic leaks into the marine environment from land-based sources every year—this is roughly equivalent to dumping a garbage truck full of plastic into the oceans every minute.
A garbage truck's-worth of plastic ends up
in the ocean every minute
As plastics continue to flood into our oceans, the list of marine species affected by plastic debris expands. Tens of thousands of individual marine organisms have been observed suffering from entanglement or ingestion of plastics permeating the marine environment—from zooplankton and fish, to sea turtles, marine mammals and seabirds.
Plastics never go away. Instead, they break down into smaller and smaller pieces, which act as magnets for harmful pollutants. When eaten by fish, some of those chemical-laden microplastics can work their way up the food chain and into the fish we eat.
Plastics in our oceans threaten the viability of critical marine ecosystems, but marine plastic pollution is not just a problem for our oceans. The extent to which we, too, are being affected by the plastics that have become so ubiquitous in our environment—in our food, water and air—is a topic of extensive research.
Unfortunately, one of the most popular solutions to plastic pollution falls far short. A meager 9 percent of all plastic waste generated has been recycled. Recycling alone is not enough to solve the plastics crisis. To have an impact, we must reduce the amount of single-use plastic being produced at the source. Oceana’s plastics campaign will urge companies to adopt alternatives for single-use plastic packaging.
Solving the plastics problem in our oceans will ultimately take concerted action from companies, governments and advocates like you.
Companies
From multinational corporations to local restaurants – companies need to adopt alternatives to single-use plastics.
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Governments
At all levels, governments need to enact smart legislation and regulations that limit or eliminate single-use plastics and ensure they don’t end up in our oceans.
Consumers
Consumers have the most important role of all. Make your voice heard, and lead by example.
Vote through the ballot and with your wallet to ensure governments and companies recognize, own and act on the threat plastic pollution poses to our oceans. Limit single-use plastics in your own daily life, and recycle where possible. You can make a difference in the plastic pollution problem right now.
Building a Movement to Stop Plastic Pollution for Good
An international group of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) is coming together to do something big. Our goal is to work together to stop plastic pollution. We are trying to make this movement as big as possible, and we want you to join! We share the common values of environmental protection and social justice, and these shared values guide our work in building the world in which we wish to live.
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