plastic

Who are the characters in this story?

• plastic

• three plastic bottle

Plastic is made of

• oil and gasses

• pellets

How much plastic ends up in landfills?

• hundreds of millions of ton

• all of it

Rainwater flows through the waste and absorbs toxic compounds. The toxic water is called leachate, and it

• can move into groundwater, soil and streams, poisoning ecosystems and harming wildlife

• evaporates

How long can it take for a bottle to decompose?

• 1000 years

• 100 years

. What is the name of the massive vortex of trash in the Pacific Ocean?

• The Pacific Trash Gyre

• The Pacific Garbage Patch

How many plastic-filled trash vortexes, or gyres, are there in the world's seas?

• five

• one

Why do the animals eat the plastic?

• they think it is a food

• Because they are starving

Do most plastics biodegrade?

• no, they don't

• yes, they do

Bottle number three is

• in the Pacific Garbage Patch

• recycled