A Planet Poisoned by Plastic by Simon Rose1. Erom Hawaiian beaches to the coast of Britain, we're paying a lethal pekeesociety says TV adventurer Simon Reeve. The beautiful tropical islandsused as a setting for countless TV series and films ranging from Lositoin the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, distance alone should protect Hawallslandscapes and turquoise sen om environmental problems facing the rest of2. However, the beaches are covered in plastic rubbish washed up from around the world,Pristine sand is covered with old plastic toothbrushes, combs, shoes, and belts Clearing thebeaches becomes almost impossible because as soon as it is cleared, the waves dump tomountain of rubbish.The larger pieces of waste can be collected by hand but the surface of the beach is coveredfactories use to form the infinite number of plastic products that fill our lives. These are dumpedout of factories into the sea in their trillions. Because tiny fragments of plastic in our oceans areso small and look like food, they are being gobbled up by small fish, which in turn are eaten bylarger fish-which in turn are eaten by us.4. Plastic doesn't biodegrade. Instead it breaks down into even smaller pieces. Among the grainsof sand were billions of tiny plastic flecks, which the pounding of the sea was reducing in size.From the beaches of Hawaii to the seas around Britain, we are soiling our own nestwith millions of small plastic pellets known as 'nurdles. These are the raw material that5. Since 1994, plastic litter has increased by an extraordinary 121 percent. The plastic we see onour beaches is just a fraction of the plastic waste that is clogging our oceans. Incredibly all theplastic ever created-totaling hundreds of millions of tonnes- is still out there in the environmentin some form6.So plastic is ruining our beaches, choking the oceans and poisoning our food chain. We needto spurn and reject the main culprits: plastic bags, packaging and single-use water bottles, awasteful obscenity. These make up the bulk of plastic usage. At stake is the future of beaches,our seas and the food chain. It is nothing short of an environmental emergency. answer this paragraph​