The plastic was formed by chemically bonding oil and gas ____ together. Then the plastic is melted in manufacturing plants and reformed in ____. Then they are filled with ____, wrapped, shipped, bought, opened, consumed and discarded. Bottle one ends up in a landfill. As plastics sit there amongst layers of other ____, rainwater flows through the waste and absorbs the water-soluble compounds it contains. It can move into groundwater, soil and streams poisoning ecosystems and harming ____. Bottle two, after months lost at sea, is slowly ____ into a place known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Here some animals get entangled in the mess. They mistake the coloured ____ bits for food. Plastic makes animals feel full when they are not so they ____ to death ____ three is brought into a plant where it is squeezed flat and compressed into a block. The blocks are ____ into tiny pieces which are washed and melted so they become raw materials that can be used again. Bottle three is now ready to be reborn as something completely new.

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