World Environment Day Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. Plastic single use item, stores liquid and takes 450 years to decompose
  2. 7. Program to encourage plastic container recycling in WA by providing a financial incentive (3 words)
  3. 11. Plastic item that resembles jellyfish underwater
  4. 13. State which implemented a ban on plastic shopping bags in 2018
  5. 14. Accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat and humans
  6. 15. Can you avoid purchasing fruit and vegetables with unnecessary packaging when you are next out shopping?
  7. 16. Name of ocean that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch(floating plastic area the size of Texas) is located
  8. 18. 75% of this commercial food contains microplastics
  9. 19. An artificial substance that can be shaped when soft into many different forms and has many different uses
  10. 20. Tubular structure for liquid transportation now available in paper or stainless steel
  11. 21. Popular alternative to plastic in toothbrushes
Down
  1. 1. Wheelie bin found at your house with a yellow lid
  2. 2. Although made of paper this item has a plastic lining and is not recyclable (2 words)
  3. 3. Ocean industry which dumps 150,000 tonnes of plastic into the ocean each year
  4. 4. The largest market for plastic products (which wraps and protects goods)
  5. 6. All drains lead to this
  6. 8. Type of oil plastics are made from
  7. 9. Action of using again, more than once
  8. 10. Tiny and harmful bits of plastic less than 5mm long
  9. 12. Globally we buy 1 water billion bottles every _______ but only 7% are recycled
  10. 17. Plastic that may be engineered to biodegrade into a soil conditioning material