RUBBISH & LITTER

What does decompose mean?

• To separate waste

• To dig a compost pit

• To breakdown, rot or decay

• To clean the environment

How much time do some plastics take to decompose approximately?

• 6 months

• 1 year

• 50 years

• 500- 1000 years

What are the possible effects of litter?

• Could make us all happy and healthy

• Could hurt a person or animal

• Could release harmful chemicals into air and water

• Could make us suffer from diseases

Don't drop .... on the grass.

• sign

• rubbish bin

• litter

• grass

What is it?

• litter

• rubbish bin

• rubbish

• garbage

The outer part of a banana that you don't eat is called b..... s.....

Marine litter is mainly composed by...

• Paper / Cardboard

• Metal

• Plastic

• Glass

Where does most marine litter come from?

• From land-based sources

• Falling off ships

How does plastic end up reaching and entering the ocean from land?

• Littering in towns and cities

• Dumpsites near waterways and oceans

• People littering on beaches

• All of the above

What happens to plastic waste?

• Sinks to the bottom and gets buried under the sand

• It never fully goes away, it just breaks into little pieces

• Dissolves and decomposes in the water

• It is dumped in the ocean for fish to eat