Plastic bags are used every day to carry home shopping. When they are finished with they end up in our rubbish bin which is taken to landfill sites. Some rubbish is carelessly dumped by roadsides, in fields or on beaches which results in the bags ending up in the sea. Plastic bags cause marine pollution (rubbish in the sea). Plastic bags are made from oil. This is why it takes hundreds of years to decompose (dissolve). Plastic bags left on beaches end up in the sea which causes marine pollution (rubbish in the sea). Ocean currents carry plastic bags to feeding grounds. Plastic bags look like jelly fish in the water which are the main source of food for Leatherback turtles. Turtles eat the plastic bags because they think they are food which can cause their stomach to become blocked. Consequently the turtles starve to death which could result in Leatherback turtles becoming extinct by 2030.
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