WONDER #1654: Why Should We Reduce Our Plastic Waste?

Question 1 of 3

Of all the plastic products we use, what percentage of them do we use once and throw away?

  1. 10%
  2. 25%
  3. 50%
  4. 75%

Question 2 of 3

Each year, humans throw away enough plastic to circle Earth how many times?

  1. one
  2. two
  3. three
  4. four

Question 3 of 3

It’s important to reduce plastic waste, because it can take how long to degrade in landfills?

  1. hundreds of days
  2. dozens of years
  3. hundreds of years
  4. millions of years

Check your answers online at https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/Why-Should-We-Reduce-Our-Plastic-Waste.