3. What is marine debris?

ACTIVITY 1
a.) Marine debris is garbage in the ocean.
What is the Great Pacific Garbage
Patch? b.) Marine debris is like a large whirlpool that sucks things in.

EXERCISE 1:
Watch the video and choose the correct answer.
4. What can you find in a garbage patch?
1. Where is the Pacific Garbage Patch?
a.) both b.) and c.)
a.) It's all around the world.
b.) plastic bags, water bottle caps, Styrofoam cups, shoes,
b.) It's in the Pacific Ocean. fishing nets

c.) microplastics

2. What is a garbage patch?

a.) a floating island of trash 5. What are microplastics?

b.) a large area of marine debris a.) It's the type of plastic used to make water bottles.

b.) Plastics break into smaller and smaller pieces called

"microplastics."
 2. Garbage patches are large areas of marine debris
concentration that are formed by ___________ ocean
6. Why can't we scoop up all the marine debris in the ocean? currents called gyres - kind of like big whirlpools that suck
things in.

a.) Because the garbage patches are huge and always 3. A garbage patch is made up of tiny plastic pieces called
moving.
“___________” that are less than 5 millimeters long.

b.) Because it would take too long and cost too much money. 4. People often ask why we can’t just scoop up all the marine
debris in the ocean, and the answer is: ______________, it’s
just not that simple.

5. The first challenge is the sheer size of these garbage

7. What can we do? patches. They’re huuuuuge! They’re ___________ moving
with ocean currents.
a.) We need to clean up the oceans forever.
6. And there’s debris from the ocean’s ___________ all the
way down to the sea floor. Not to mention all the marine life
b.) We can reduce, reuse, and recycle to keep trash out of the
ocean. we would disrupt if we tried to just scoop up debris.

7. So what can we do? Well, the ultimate solution is

___________ and we need to keep that as our highest
priority.
EXERCISE 2:

8. We can reduce, reuse, and __________ to keep trash out

1. Well first, let’s talk about what it’s not. It’s not a floating of the ocean in the first place.
island of trash, like a garbage dump or a ___________.
9. Because until we stop marine debris at the source, we’ll
just be cleaning it up _________.
 Atilan. Inspired by the actions of a neighbour, she started stuffing
ACTIVITY 2 the waste into plastic drinking bottles, and so the idea of the
eco-brick was born – a building block that can be strong and
READING: Fantastic Plastic durable and at the same time sequesters the plastic and stops it
breaking down into dangerous plastics.

Plastic waste is the scourge of developing countries. Many have None of these ideas is without its difficulties and each has its critics.
poor waste collection and virtually no recycling. But there may be But until we find ways to live without plastic, could they be part of
ways in which local people can put the waste to good use the solution?

In Cameroon a child called Pierre Kamsouloum wanted to play

TRUE OR FALSE:
football, but had no ball. He got the idea of melting soft plastic, the
kind that food is wrapped in, and moulding it into a crude football. A 1-Pierre Kamsouloum bended soft plastic to make a ball.
few years later, without a job and looking for a way to make money,
he came back to the idea, and realised that if you mixed the molten 2- Paving slabs can be made by mixing melted plastic with sand.
plastic with sand, you could turn it into tough paving slabs,
competitively priced. Now, with the help of NGOs, thousands of 3- Nowadays NGOs trains Cameroon and Gambia people to make
paving slabs.
people across Cameroon and Gambia have been trained in the
technique. 4- Dave Hakkens gave people machines to recycle plastic.

In the Netherlands, design student Dave Hakkens had the idea of 5- The machine transforms plastic into different objects.
creating machines that people could use to recycle their plastic
locally. Using quite basic technology, these machines shred, melt 6- Nowadays the machine remains with it original design.
and then extrude plastic into moulds to make flat sheets, bowls, and
7- Susanne Heisse was happy with the work done in Lake Atilan.
even giant Lego-style house building bricks. The designs are all
open-source and online, and a movement of thousands of people 8- She created a new building material.
has grown up, building, improving and using Dave’s machines.

In Guatemala, German environmentalist Susanne Heisse was

depressed by the plastic pollution collecting at the side of Lake
 A. They filter out trash from the ocean.
ACTIVITY 3 B. They collect trash from coastal areas.
C. They receive trash from fishermen .

How Adidas Turns Plastic Bottles

Into Shoes 5- Adidas' processing plant produces small plastic flakes by...

1- Experts predict that in 30 years, there will be... A. ... washing, melting, and shaping the plastic waste.
B. ... shredding, pressing, and hydrating the plastic waste.
C. ... crushing, washing, and dehydrating the plastic waste.
A. ... more marine species in our oceans than ever before.
B. ... more plastic in our oceans than fish.
C. ... more fish in our oceans than our civilization needs. 6- Adidas uses the polyester yarn made by ocean plastic to ...

2- Why did Adidas partner with the environmental organization Parley for A. ... form athletic shoe soles and tearproof shoelaces.
the Oceans in 2015? B. ... form the upper parts of shoes and clothing like jerseys.
C. ... form complete shoes and comfortable jersey collars.

A. To profit from the company's 'green' image.

B. To convert ocean waste plastic into sportswear. 7- Currently, more than 40% of Adidas' apparel uses recycled polyester.
C. To make the production process more efficient. Why does this not eliminate plastic pollution entirely?

3- How many tons of plastic has the partnership prevented from reaching A. Washing it can cause particles, which may damage the washing
the oceans? machine.
B. Washing it can create microfibers, which may end up in the ocean.
C. Washing it can have negative effects on the fiber quality.
A. 2,810 tons
B. 2800,10 tons
C. 2810,00 tons

4- How do Parley and its partners get access to the plastic waste?