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Recycling provides a method of reducing the amount of waste materials that gets to the landfills – thus ____ it less probable for environmental pollution to take place.

• doing

• trying

• causing

• making

What happens to plastic waste when left in the environment?

• It is a biodegradable material so it eventually disintegrates

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

• There is no such thing as plastic waste, all plastic is recycled

Why is plastic dangerous for marine life?

• All the above

• They mistake it for food and cannot digest it

• They can get tangled in it which hinders their ability to swim

• Bacteria on plastic can give coral diseases

How many million tons of plastic are dumped in our oceans every year?

• 1 million tons

• 11 million tons

• 20 million tons

• 50 million tons

There are many alternatives to single use plastic products.

• True

• False