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That plastic is so widely used because it is durable and cheap. Unfortunately, this durability is the same quality that makes it so detrimental to the environment.

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Instead of using plastic bags from shopping we could bring our own bags that aren't made out of plastic.

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Plastic milk bottles take the longest to break down. But way back people used milk cartons made out of glass

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Bethan, is it just animals that eat it or everyone?
Also can we get sick from eating it?

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Because it is so affordable  developing countries use plastic extensively. But not may countries have proper waste management, so most of the rubbish is being washed up by the rain so it is going into the ocean.

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That as a result, a large percentage of rubbish is going into the ocean, and it is caused by only a handful of countries.

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Plastic was made in the 1950

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I learnt that rain can also make our pollution worse. So when it rains it washes the rubbish into our ocean.

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We need to use single use plastic products

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Pollution doesn't just come from one country it comes from loads of countries!

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Plastic wasn't invented in till 67 years ago.

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that pastic was made in 1950

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people made millions of plastic in the 1950s

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There are a lot of animals getting stuck in ropes, and different rubbish that has just been dumped in the ocean.

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I learned that Humans prudes Millions of tuns of plastic every year.

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I learnt that our clothes, shopping bag, water bottles and your toothbrush is made out of plastic.

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The Microorganisms which go into fish can end up on our dinner plate.

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I learnt that plastic does not break chemicly they break into smaller and smaller pieces which can persist the enviroment.

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Scientists estimate that more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic are floating in our oceans.

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That plastic is poisoning human beings.

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that you can get cancer and other illness from the contaminated seafood

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I learnt that there are over 5 trillion pieces of plastic being thrown in the ocean.

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I learnt that one million tones of plastic of rubbish is wasted every year