Plastic Basics
These items are designed to be used once and then thrown away.
What are single-use plastics?
Single-use plastics are popular because they are very ______ to produce.
What is cheap?
Plastic production releases this greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
Which country has a national ban on some single-use plastics: Canada or the U.S.?
What is Canada?
Name two common single-use plastic items used in daily life.
What are plastic bags, straws, bottles, cutlery, or food wrappers?
Oil and natural gas are important to plastic production because they are used as this.
What are raw materials?
Burning or producing plastics contributes to this global problem.
What is climate change (or global warming)?
Name one plastic item banned in Canada.
What are plastic bags, straws, cutlery, or stir sticks?
This is the tiny form plastic breaks into over time and can enter food and water.
What are microplastics?
Name one reason companies hesitate to switch away from plastic.
What is higher costs, lower profits, or risk to jobs?
True or False: Plastic pollution only affects oceans, not the climate.
What is false?
True or False: The United States has a nationwide ban on single-use plastics.
What is false?