It was called Bakelite and was invented by Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland in the early.

What is the text about the story of plastic. Pedestrians in the street looked up to see a flying plastic bird in the sky and thought how odd that a plastic bag was floating in the sky blown by the ever-increasing wind speed. The island is entirely made of plastic rubbish in the ocean. Includes optional practice tests.

The problem is that most of us use more plastic than we need to and half of the plastic we produce is designed to be used just once and. A story of more than 100 years of innovation. The story had everything.

Plastic can now be found everywhere from the bottom of the oceans inside animals in the air we breathe in rain and our bodies. A non-fiction reading comprehension about plastic pollution. After reading about plastic and looking at two sidebars students then answer a series of questions to reflect on what they have learned.

Hes pumped onto a ship then to a refinery made into small plastic bits then molded into a water bottle. Plastic litter that gets thrown in the countryside and in towns and cities often ends up in drains and in rivers. This story is told in diary form from the point-of-view of crude oil flowing at the very bottom of the ocean.

The story makes it clear that the plastic is putting wildlife in danger and that it must be cleared up. Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul This is an inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community. This inspirational true story.

An online graded reading text for Intermediate English learners about plastic and the environmental issues it creates. Suitable for classroom use or between lessons. After the bottling plant hes purchased by a boy who after guzzling the water refills it and gives it to his mom with a flower.