The Tide That Brings Plastic

Every morning, Ravi walks along the beach near his home before school.

Last month, he noticed something strange: the tide brought in more plastic than seaweed.

Bottles, bags, and broken fishing nets lay across the sand like a sad carpet.

Ravi decided to count the pieces he found in one hour.

He was shocked when the number passed three hundred.

Scientists say that most of this rubbish comes from rivers, which carry waste from cities far inland.

Once plastic reaches the ocean, it does not disappear; instead, sunlight and waves break it into tiny pieces called microplastics.

Fish eat these pieces, and later, people may eat the fish.

Cleaning the beach helps for a short time, but the real problem is the waste we produce every day.

Ravi now writes to his town council, asking for more bins and better recycling.

He believes that small actions, repeated by many people, can slowly push the tide in a better direction.