Plastic waste

Question 1

Negative affects of non degradable plastics

Answer 1

Harms wildlife
Lasts 100`s of years
Fills up landfill sites

Question 2

What is biodegradable plastic

Answer 2

Plastic that breaks down easily

Question 3

What is built into the biodegradable plastics

Answer 3

Cornstarch

Question 4

And why is this

Answer 4

Because micro organisms in the soil like to feed on constarch

Question 5

Name some disadvantages of biodegradable

Answer 5

Farmers sell crops like corn to make plastics
Demand for food goes up
Food prices go up - less can afford it - causing starvation
Animal habitats destroyed due to the construction of farmland