Our year 5 classes have been looking at environments that need attention. Our teachers gave us a challenge to think of an environment or environmental issue that needs more attention. Me and my partner thought that plastic bags. As we learned more, we found out how bad plastic bags are. Did you know ONE plastic bag takes 500 YEARS to break down? Did you know there is a place in the sea that is called The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (it is nearly twice the size of Texas).