Plastic

All plastics are recyclable

Plastics decompose in a few weeks

Plastics take hundreds to thousands of years to break down

Plastics are always disposed of properly

Nylon

Teflon

Plastic

Trees

Metal waste

Plastic waste

Glass waste

Organic waste

It is colorful (They don't like color)

Ghost Fishing (They get caught in it)

Ingestion (They eat it)

It is transparent (They run into it)

Plastics that help marine life

Plastic fishing gear that captures and kills marine life

Plastics that clean the ocean and create ghost waves

Plastics from the ancients that are used to attract more fish

A. Water

B. Oil

C. Plastic

D. Trees

It can last a long time! Maybe 1000 years!

Very little of it is recycled!

We have single-use medical supplies!

Microplastics are everywhere!

Something that sticks around for a long time.

Something that can be recycled.

Something that breaks down into smaller, harmless pieces

Something that breaks into smaller and smaller pieces (like microplastics).

The final material does not exist in nature

The final material feels stretchy

The final material has odd colors that don't exist in nature

It breaks down over time.

Inside human brains

Inside human lungs

On top of Mount Everest

On the ocean floor