Have you ever noticed that plastic is everywhere? It’s in lots of things we use every day, from our toothbrushes and shampoo bottles to our binders and chairs. Plastic sure seems handy, doesn’t it? Well, not everything is as good as it seems!
The problem with plastic is that it takes a really (we mean REALLY) long time to break down. And when it finally does, it doesn’t actually disappear. It just breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces called microplastics, which then get into the air, our water, and our food.
See if you can guess how long each plastic item takes to break down into microplastic!
Join the Rangers vs. Plastics Challenge and help us kick plastic waste out of the game for good!
When you join this challenge, you will do things like…
Look for it in the Challenges section of the Earth Rangers App.
This is really sad. We need to use less plastic each and every day!
Plastic is mean to the Earth that’s why we should recycle it
I got 4 out of 7 it takes a long time to break down
Is really hard
Sooooo hard 0/7
I’ll
7
i agree
OH MY GOODNESS!!! IT’S JUST SO SAD!!!!!
That was a little hard and I think Leia is right plastic is mean to the Earth me and my family have a lot of plastic bags that we use but now that I downloaded Earth rangers I will try to use less plastic and if I do use plastic I will not leave it on the ground because plastic is mean to the earth.
What now I can’t believe how long it takes to dissolve plastic.