Plastic Pollution / Explanation / LS2

LI: To collaboratively structure and write an explanation

Plastic pollution in and around our waterways has become a real problem.
Each year the litter we drop  travels out to sea through drains, streams,
lagoons and estuaries. This rubbish in our oceans harms and kills millions
of sea creatures, who get caught in it or mistake it for food.

Why is plastic pollution a problem for our coastlines?

Did you know that plastic makes up 90% of the pollution on the ocean's surface? And most of that plastic waste comes from land, after being carried through drains, rivers and lagoons. This is one
of the major issues right now happening all around the world, as it’s polluting the marine environment and killing over 1,000,000 sea animals every year!...We are in a desperate need for a change.

It’s only getting worse, and we continue to sculpt a bad future for ourselves. New Zealand consumes over 30kgs of plastic a year, but only 1/6 of it is being recycled! Why? Because we choose to throw our plastic on the ground, instead of simply recycling or putting it in the bin.

All the plastic we unconsciously leave floating around on streets and pathways are slowly taking out our innocent sea animals. They mistake the pieces of plastic for food, and eat it… killing them. It even gets in our food, making it not safe to eat.

Let’s make a change, by remembering to pick up the plastic, or any piece of rubbish for that matter that we see lying around.

Afatia, Victoria, Lily, Liletina