Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic bottles are put in landfill sites. A lot of plastic doesn't go away, it isn't biodegradable, and it will stay around for hundreds of years. So, perhaps we should think twice about buying plastic which isn't biodegradable. We've been talking about recycling. One simple way to take part in recycling is to take bottles to a bottle bank.
Plastic bottles can be a problem.
They aren't biodegradable. When they're put into landfill sites, they don't go away. They can stay around for hundreds of years. Environmental groups like Friends of the Earth ask us to think twice before buying plastic which is not biodegradable. This is the sound of rescued birds, which are covered in oil.