plastic pollution
Join Dan and Kate this week as they talk about pollution. How is plastic affecting the environment and what can we do to make the situation better?
This week's question:
How many pieces of plastic are there in each square kilometre of the world鈥檚 oceans? Is it:
a) 22,000 pieces of plastic
b) 38,000 pieces of plastic
c) 46,000 pieces of plastic
Listen out for the answer in the programme!
Listen to the programme
Plastic pollution
Vocabulary from the programme
- pollution
harmful waste which has been put into the environment
- garbage
an American word for something that's been thrown away
- rubbish
a British word for garbage
- litter
another word for rubbish
- biodegradable
something that decays naturally
- packaging
protective covering used to transport products and display a company's image
- to discard
to throw something away
- to recycle
to process used materials into new products
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