A plastic water bottle. Where could it go after it’s thrown away?
1. Let's watch the video
Then answer the questions:
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1. How are these bottles made?
2. What are monomers, polymers and pellets?
3. What can they remember?
In pairs, they compare their ideas and then share them with their classmates in open class.
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4. Where does bottle number 1 end up?
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5. What’s leachate?
6. What are its harmful effects?
7. How long could it take bottle number 1 to decompose?
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8. What are the effects of plastic on animals that live near the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
9. How does this also affect humans?
10. What are microplastics?
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11. Where is bottle number 3 taken? (To a recycling plant).
