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Plastic Usage Starter Activity

Plastic is used in homes, shops and transport, but discarded plastic can travel through drains and rivers to the sea. Read the short scenario and use the information in it to explore how choices affect places and people. Answer each question; give reasons where asked.

Read the scenario

On a warm Saturday, visitors arrive at Seabourne beach. The café sells drinks in plastic bottles and snacks in plastic wrappers. Some visitors use the bins; others leave litter behind. Rain washes litter from the streets into a stream, which flows into the sea. The council has added more bins and signs, and the café is considering a bottle-return scheme.

1.Name two plastic items mentioned in the Seabourne scenario. For each item, state one useful purpose it serves.
2.Put these places in the order that litter could travel from a street towards the sea: sea, drain, stream, street.
3.Why can plastic litter on a beach become a problem beyond the beach itself?
  • It can be carried by water into rivers and the sea, where it may harm wildlife.
  • It immediately turns into soil after rain.
  • It makes all seawater safe to drink.
  • It cannot move once it reaches the sand.
4.Write one advantage of using plastic bottles and one environmental disadvantage if many are thrown away carelessly.
5.Match each action with the most likely effect.
  • Put litter in a bin
  • Use a refillable bottle
  • Rain carries litter into a drain
  • Rubbish can travel towards a stream and sea
  • Less rubbish is left on the beach
  • Fewer single-use drink bottles may be needed
6.Suggest one realistic change the café could make to reduce plastic waste. Explain how the change might help.
7.Plastic litter left on land can never reach the sea.
TrueFalse
8.Explain one way beach litter might affect visitors or businesses in a seaside town such as Seabourne.
9.Write two actions a visitor could take to help keep Seabourne beach clean. At least one action should prevent waste before it is made.
10.Complete the idea in your own words: “Plastic pollution connects people and places because…” Include a link between a human action and a place affected.

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  • Plastic Usage Starter Activity, page 1 of 2: Read the scenario

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  • Plastic Usage Starter Activity, page 2 of 2: 5. Match each action with the most likely effect.

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