Plastic Bottles: Video Activity

What happens to the plastic we throw away? Where do the bottles we don't recycle end up? Watch the video and find out. You can also do the comprehension activity  (pre-intermediate level).

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What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

Have you heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Do you know what it is made of? Watch the video and find out.

             

A Message from the Gyre

"Until my ghastly tale is told,

This heart within me burns."

What is going on in the North Pacific Ocean?

• A Gyre is a natural vortex of wind and currents that rotates in a clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere. Gyres create a whirlpool effect so that plastic debris floating on the sea collects there, in the centre of the vortex.

• There are 5 major Gyres in the oceans worldwide. They all contain plastic and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that resist photochemical, biological and chemical degradation.

• The North Pacific Gyre, also known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is an "island" twice the size of Texas that we can find between the coast of California and Hawaii. 11 million tons (and growing) of floating plastic covers that area of nearly 5 million square miles.

The following video shows some of the consequences of allowing plastic waste reach the sea.

A Message from the Gyre

MIDWAY a Message from the Gyre : a short film by Chris Jordan from Midway on Vimeo.

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What is the Pacific garbage patch?

Our oceans are facing a huge problem that can only be solved it we all work together. Watch the video to find out what this big problem is and what we can do about it.

            Difficult to understand? Click here to see the transcription.