Regenerators Poetry: Plastic Problems [KS1]

Narrator

The things that we eat and the things that we buy

Are causing us problems and I'll tell you why.

They come in a box, a bag or a cup

That we throw in the bin for someone else to pick up.

Some we recycle and reuse, true enough

But what happens to all the rest of the stuff?

It goes in a hole in the ground out of sight.

But if we can’t see it, does that make it right?

The plastic they’re made from lasts for so long

To dump it and hide it seems very wrong.

What will they say in years from now?

When they dig up this rubbish, they’ll all wonder how

We managed to bury so much of our waste

From bottles and wrappers to tubes of toothpaste.

And that’s just the rubbish we put in the ground

Much of it lies in wait to be found

By birds and fish who think that the taste

Will be food to eat and not plastic waste.

But don’t be sad, for there is a solution

To the puzzling problem of plastic pollution.

Use less, of course, that helps a lot

But don’t forget the things that can rot.

There’s paper and cardboard that we can use

And biodegradable bags to choose.

For instead of lasting year after year

It only takes weeks until they disappear.

So next time you’re shopping, and given the choice

Make a difference, speak up, raise your voice!

Tell all those who will listen and the rest:

For the sake of the future, do what is best.

Reduce, reuse, recycle, oh yes!

Let’s try our hardest to use plastic less.