The Plastic Beach

Last summer, my class went to a beach on the east coast.

We wanted to help clean it, but the sand was full of plastic bottles.

Our teacher told us that much of this waste comes from rivers.

When it rains, water carries trash from streets into the sea.

Then waves bring it back to the shore.

We collected twelve bags of plastic in two hours.

A man from the town said the problem returns every month.

"We clean, but the sea brings more," he said.

People need to use less plastic at home first.

That is the hardest part, because plastic is cheap and useful.

Still, we must try.