Plastic Pollution

On average, how long is a plastic bag used by a person before being thrown away?

• 12 minutes

• 1 hour

• 1 day

• 1 week

Why is plastic dangerous for animals?

• They can be trapped in plastic things.

• They can choke (zakrztusić się) with small plastic pieces and die.

• They can eat plastic which fills their stomaches and they die of starvation because they don't feel hungry.

• Plastic is not so dangerous for animals.

How can we help to reduce plastic pollution?

• We should use paper/cloth bags.

• We should use less plastic.

• We should refill our drinking bottles not buy new ones.

• We should avoid (unikać) plastic or styrofoam containers.

• All answers are correct.

What does this symbol on a plastic container mean?

• It is specially for pets.

• It can be recycled easily.

• You shouldn't put food or drink in it.

Why recycling can't win with plastic pollution?

• Because recycling is wrong

• Because people produce too much plastic to recycle it all.

• Because not every plastic can be recycled.

• Because not many people recycle rubbish.

Plastic straws (plastikowe rurki do napojów) are very dangerous for sea animals.

• No, there are no straws in seas and oceans.

• Yes, they are very dangerous for animals, because they hurt them and people should stop buying them.

What is one change you could make to help reduce plastic pollution?

By which year had 6300 million metric tonnes of plastic waste been created?

• 2013

• 2014

• 2015

• 2016

Which word is this the definition of:

Extremely small pieces of plastic in the environment resulting from the breakdown of bigger pieces of plastic waste...

• biodegradable

• compostable

• endanger

• microplastics

• toxic

What percentage of plastic produced over the last 70 years has been thrown away?

• 79%

• 50%

• 9%

• 12%