What is litter? Well, you are about to find out that litter is rubbish that people chuck away and it eventually goes into the sea. Plastic is the worst type of litter because it goes everywhere and can stay there for years without decomposing. It is a hazard for sea animals, plants and our environment.
When turtles or dolphins or whales die, often they have plastic that is stuck in their stomachs. Bryde’s Whales are nearly extinct and I feel worried for these animals so we must look after them. There are only 200 left in our Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
The drains can suck rubbish out to the sea and this is bad for our environment. If we did not throw rubbish everywhere, our seas would be cleaner. Have you ever heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Many countries have thrown rubbish everywhere and it’s ended up in a vortex that is going round and round in the Pacific Ocean. It’s really bad!
Now that we have learned about the devastation caused by littering, it would be nice if all the people in the whole wide world do not litter so we have a better place to live in.