Plastic Pollution Trivia

How many plastic bags are used every second?

• 50,000 bags per second

• 150,000 bags per second

• 500,000 bags per second

• 1,000,000 bags per second

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How much time does it take for a plastic bottle to decompose?

• around 450 years

• around 50 years

• around 200 years

• around 5 years

True or False: Japan is the number one producer of plastic per capita

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False. The US is the number one producer of plastic waste (1/192); however, Japan is number two in the world (2/192)!

What percentage of plastic bags in the world are recycled?

• 3%

• 13%

• 30%

• 50%

If we put all the plastic bags in the world side by side, how many times could we cover planet Earth?

• 2 times

• 5 times

• 7 times

• 10 times

How much of the plastic waste disposed of every year is for single use only?

• 50

• 40

• 30

• 20

True or False: There is an island made of garbage in the Pacific Ocean that is bigger than India, Mexico, and Europe combined.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It is called the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”

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As plastic travels through the ocean _____.

• it does not change in size

• it carries living organisms from one part of the world to another

• it poisons fish that eat it

• it eventually poisons humans who eat the fish

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How many marine animals die each year from plastic?

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 100,000

• 500,000

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What marine animal was found dead in Sardinia, Italy in 2019 with 22 kilos of plastic in its stomach?

• Alligator

• Dolphin

• Pelican

• Whale

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