Complete the task
Read the text and put the elements into the gaps. There are extra words.
- vast masses
- underwater currents
- biodegradable
- reabsorbed
- marine mammals
- human health
- food chain
- sustainable
- reduced
The number of waste people throw into the atmosphere is enormous. Though polluting the ocean is forbidden by the law, scientists find [ ] of plastic garbage floating on the ocean's surface. This "garbage soup" is formed by [ ] along with the trash thrown from ships or oil platforms. The rest is coming from the land. Historically, ocean rubbish has been [ ], but modern plastic is durable and can't be [ ] by the earth.
The statistics claim that many [ ] and seabirds suffer from garbage thrown into the ocean. There is a risk to [ ] too since millions of tiny plastics, lost or thrown, work their way in the ocean and eventually find their place in the [ ] and on our plates.