Plastic pollution

What is the problem with plastic?

• None. Plastic is very useful to us. You use it in helmets, packaging, and many other things.

• Half of the plastic is used just once. Then, it becomes litter.

• People don't know that it is a hand-made material.

• All the plastic is multi-use, but people use it only once.

Because plastic takes over 400 years to decompose (break down),

• it makes the streets look ugly.

• it saves many trees because we are not using so much paper.

• it stays in the natural world, causing significant damage to the environment.

• it is bad for tourist activity. No one likes to swim with lots of bottles of water around!

When plastic ends up in the ocean,

• it becomes the home of many fish and sea creatures.

• it may trap animals causing their death, or it may become animal's food.

• it looks lovely because it adds color to the water.

• it completely decomposes. Plastic is more dangerous when you find it in the street.

Plastic ends up in the ocean or rivers because of...

• instructions given by the governments in the world.

• extreme weather conditions.

• a natural process of plastic movement.

• ocean dumping, or because it is thrown into rivers through drains.

Little bits of plastic, such as bottle tops or wrappers

• never get into the ocean or rivers.

• are not so dangerous for animals. They cannot get trapped or entangled.

• are dangerous. Animals goggle them up; as a result, they don't feel hungry, don't eat and die.

• are good for animals. They like to play with this little plastic, so they become more intelligent.

Humans may be eating plastic. But how does this happen?

• We drink tiny pieces of plastic found in the water we drink.

• We eat fish that ate tiny particles of plastic.

• Fruits and vegetables absorb the toxic industrial chemicals that come from plastic.

• None of the above.

All of the following are actions to reduce the problem of plastic, except...

• use reusable water bottles

• buy plastic-wrapped fruit and vegetables

• use multi-use shopping bags instead of single-use plastic bags

• participate in beach cleanups

When we minimize the amount of waste we create,

• we are reducing

• we are reusing

• we are recycling

• we are cleaning up