Decomposition
Time (in years) a Styrofoam cup takes to FULLY decompose
What is 50 years?
Average amount (in lbs) of plastic Used by the average high school student PER a 9-month school year
What is 67 pounds (about 30 kg)?
(9-month school year)
# of Annual Deaths of marine animals due to plastic ingestion
What is 100,000 marine mammals?
Safest plastic Numbers for daily usage
(Name 1 of the 3 options)
What is 2, 4, & 5?
Time (in years) a Plastic Bag takes to Fully decompose on LAND
What is 100-1000 years?
Largest plastic Consumer (country) in the world (as of 2025)
What is China?
# of Annual Deaths of Birds caused by plastic
What is 1 million birds (per year)?
Most everyday plastics feature a small triangle symbol with a number from 1 to 7 inside it.
The official name of this numbering system:
What is Resin Identification Code?
Time (in years) it takes a Plastic Bag to Fully decompose in WATER
What is about 20 years?
Amount (in grams) of Plastic is in our meals on a Daily basis
What is 0.7 grams of microplastics every day?
One may swallow hundreds of particles during every single meal.
# of Annual Deaths of humans Indirectly caused by Plastic
(Chemical exposure, mismanagement of waste, and production)
What is 400,000 to 1,000,000 deaths?
Amount (in kg) of plastic consumed in an ENTIRE Lifetime
What is 20 kg of plastic?
Time (in years) it takes a Plastic Toothbrush to Fully decompose
What is 500 years?
Amount (in kg) of Plastic consumed EVERY 10 Years
What is 2.5 kg of plastic?
# of Annual Deaths of Sea Turtles due to Plastic Entanglement
What is 1000+ turtles?
Value (%) of plastic in the brain
What is 0.5% plastic?