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