Friday, March 28, 2008

Unit 2: Negative externalities from plastics

The BBC has run 3 items on the news at 10 about the negative effects of plastic on the isolated islands of Midway (which is in the middle of the Pacific ocean). It shows that an increase of plastic waste in the Pacific is putting birds and animals on the Midway Islands at risk.


< http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7310000/newsid_7314800?redirect=7314857.stm&news=1&nbwm=1&nbram=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1&asb=1 >

a) State the negative externality shown in the clip and explain why it is a negative externality

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