Plastic Pollution quiz

More questions about Plastic Pollution

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1. 1 Easy

   Which lost cargo of 1992 later helped map ocean currents?

   Answer: Bath toys

   Why: Ten months after the spill, the first toys washed up near Sitka, Alaska, about 3,200 km away.

2. 2 Medium

   About how many plastic drink bottles were sold each minute in 2016?

   Answer: 1 million

   Why: Fewer than half of the bottles bought in 2016 were collected for recycling, and only 7% of those became new bottles.

3. 3 Hard

   What seabird's stomachs do scientists use to track North Sea plastic?

   Answer: Fulmar

   Why: In 2010 to 2014, 58% of fulmars found dead on North Sea beaches had over 0.1 g of plastic inside, against a goal of under 10%.

4. 4 Easy

   How much of all plastic waste had been recycled by 2015?

   Answer: About 9%

   Why: Most of the rest was not burned either: 79% piled up in landfills or the natural environment.

5. 5 Medium

   Where were thin plastic bags first banned nationwide, in 2002?

   Answer: Bangladesh

   Why: The bags were blamed for blocking drains and making floods worse in the low-lying country.

6. 6 Hard

   Who came across the Pacific garbage patch while sailing home in 1997?

   Answer: Charles Moore

   Why: Surface samples his team took there in 1999 held about six times more plastic than plankton by weight.