Presente Simples

1 Choose the sentences below that are in the simple present a Bring your togo mug only to the coffee shop b We currently use plenty of plastics we produce c Reduce everyday plastics such as sandwich bags and juice cartons d Plastic accounts for around 10 percent of the total waste we generate e Support plastic bag bans polystyrene foam bans and bottle recycling bills f The average American throws away approximately 185 pounds of plastic per year 2 Replace each icon with an appropriate verb in parentheses to complete the text below So why is plastic such a problem httpsecocitycalacesonplasticwasteu ANUTZING PHOTO SHUTTERSTOCKCOM It wont biodegrade Plastic left in landfill will take over 400 years to degrade and even then it never fully degrade degrades only disintegrates into smaller and smaller pieces Plastic also endupendsup in the ocean every year thats one garbage truck 8 million metric tonnes of plastic on its way to our oceans air and mammal ingest ingestingests this plastic causing health issues death and even specieslevel extinction Projections showshows the amount we throw into landfill is increasing The annual amount of waste in Auckland landfill is more than 3 million tonnes This meanmeans well be throwing out more plastic than ever if we dodoesnt do something Scientists predictpredicts that unless we change now by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish From httpsecocitycalacesonplasticwaste Accessed on May 22 2020 3 Replace each icon with the appropriate form of the verbs in parentheses to complete the following facts about plastic waste in Canada Use the simple present a Canadians produce a lot of plastic waste an estimated 33 million tonnes per year b According to the Canadian government Canadians use almost 15 billion plastic bags every year c About 86 per cent of Canadas plastic waste endup landfill d Additionally Canada ship about 12 per cent of its plastic waste outside of North America to be processed for recycling From httpsoceanlenscaenblogcanadasplasticproblemstoriesfactfiction Accessed on May 22 2020