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’s 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
Vocabulary from the programme
- pollution
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harmful waste which has been put into the environment
- garbage
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an American word for something that's been thrown away
- rubbish
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a British word for garbage
- litter
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another word for rubbish
- biodegradable
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something that decays naturally
- packaging
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protective covering used to transport products and display a company's image
- to discard
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to throw something away
- to recycle
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to process used materials into new products