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Bubbles Beat Plastic
Themes: Environment
KATWIJK, Netherlands (Achieve3000, January 23,
2023), Some volunteers were cleaning up along
the coast in the Netherlands. They noticed a
surprising pattern in the pollution. Most of the
plastic trash was near where the river emptied
into the sea. The river had carried the litter there
from inland,
From that discovery bubbled up an idea: the
Great Bubble Barrier. This feat of environmental
engineering can catch a lot of plastic garbage
bonfore it trashes the sea, And the barrier does
this without bottling up boat traffic or wildlife,
The world's oceans are already choking on
The bubide hamer blocks plastic trash vile allowing boats to
plastic poltution. The Great Bubble Barrier might pass, Crodd. The Great Bubble Barrier
be part of a solution to that problem,
The Promise and the Problem of Plastic
Plastic is an amazing material with miltions of uses. it is cheap, durable, and easy to mold into
any shape. You can find it in packaging, toys, furniture -most anywhere you look. The United
tuitions reports that humans produce millions of tons of plastic waste every year,
That's a big problem becauss plastic lasts and LASTS. That makes it very difficult to get rid of,
Untie materials such as wood, clay, or even iron, plastic doesn't break down in nature, in fact,
*3 most plastic products ever manufactured are still around. And plastic is not easy to recycle,
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QUESTION 3
Which is the closest synonym for the word durable, as it is used in the article?
A. fiery
B. tough
C. precious
D. slippery
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The closest synonym for the word durable, as it is used in the article, is B. tough.