Задание

Choose the right synonym for the word in bold.

1. Bottles are filled with liquid, wrapped, shipped, bought, opened, consumed, and discarded .

2. Bottle one ends up in a landfill. As plastics sit there amongst layers of other junk, rainwater flows through the waste and absorbs the water-soluble compounds it contains.

3. Bottle two, after months lost at sea, is slowly drawn into a place known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Here some animals get entangled in the mess. They mistake the coloured plastic bits for food.

4. Plastic makes animals feel full when they are not so they starve to death .

5. Most plastics don’t biodegrade which means they are destined to break down into smaller pieces rotating in the sea eternally.

6. Bottle three is brought into a plant where it is squeezed flat and compressed into a block. The blocks are shredded into tiny pieces which are washed and melted so they become raw materials that can be used again.