PlasticPollution
Whatifplastic hadbeeninventedalongtimeago?WhatifthepilgrimsontheMayflowerhadsnackswrappedinplastic?Theirtrashwouldstillbearound today.
Plasticbecamepopularinthe1950s.Sincethen,we’vemade9.2 billiontonsofplastic.Alotofthatplastichasbecomewaste.Alotofithasn’tbeenrecycled.Williteverbiodegrade,orbreakdown?Maybe.Maybe not.
Isthisaflowershop?Lookagain.Theseplantsaremadefrom plastic.
Plasticwasteisaprobleminouroceans.Oneexpertthinksasmuchas14 milliontonsofplasticendupintheoceaneach year.
someoftheplasticfoundonHenderson Island
HendersonIsland’sPlastic
HendersonIslandissmallandfaraway.ItisinthePacificOcean.Noonelivesthere.Yet,itisfilledwithtrash.Ithasmorethan19tonsoftrashonitsbeaches.Mostofitis plastic.
Foreachpieceofplasticyouseeonthebeach,twopiecesareburiedinthesand.Howdoessomuchtrashget there?
Trashintheoceanbobsacrosstheseas.Itgetscaughtinanoceancurrent.ThecurrentpushestheplastictrashtoHenderson’s beaches.
HendersonIslandisoneoftheworld'smostfarawayplaces.Itisalsooneofitsmost polluted.
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