How do you feel knowing that each year, over 1 million sea animals lose their lives from plastic waste? This is caused by the laziness of people who can't be bothered to throw their rubbish in the bin. When you litter, your rubbish leads to landfills, drains, and possibly to the ocean.
Everyday approximately 8 million pieces of trash lead to the ocean. As the waste leads to the ocean it can attract the sea animals by mistaking it for food. The sea creatures can die by being suffocated from the plastic and can also be caught in the plastic. The plastic makes them have digestive problems and can cause them to die.
According to National Geographic, by 2050 there will be 12 billion metric tonnes of plastic landfills. Right now there might be 5.25 trillion macro and microplastic in our ocean right now. Chlorinated plastic can release harmful chemicals into the surrounding soil, which can then leak into groundwater or other surrounding water sources. This can cause a range of potentially harmful effects on the species that drink the water.
Marine animals' lives are at risk due to the plastic pollution in the sea, if we don’t take action now who knows what will happen next.
LI: to make a collaborative explanation about plastic pollution
In groups of five we created a collaborative explanation. This explanation was about Plastic pollution. What we did to get information was watch a video from love your coast. This video showed the love your coast community picking up rubbish.
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