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BELL RINGS

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# Oh, I do love to compost and recycle... #

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That's it, Colin.

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Just a few hours left to reach this year's recycling target.

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Almost there!

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MACHINE PARPS

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Ew, what's that smell?

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-Good morning, everyone.

-There you are, McCork.

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-All set to film our big campaign video later?

-Shh.

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That's top secret, remember?

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What's going on here?

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BELL RINGS Positions, everyone!

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This is Brain Freeze!

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-Stand by!

-Come on, everybody!

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-BOTH: It's time for...

-Today's Big Question.

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Today we're asking, "How much plastic is in the ocean?"

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Every year we produce 300 million tonnes of plastic.

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That's almost the same weight as all the people in the world combined.

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Of this, only 5% is recycled, and nearly half is used only once,

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then thrown away.

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Oh, that's awful. Where does it all go?

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A lot of it ends up in our oceans.

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Each year, plastic is estimated to kill over a million sea birds,

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and 100,000 marine mammals and turtles.

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Bleurgh!

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If only there was another way...

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Hey, wait! See you after the break.

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Ready, McCork? Lights, camera, action.

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Do you sometimes wish you could do more for the environment?

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Sign up for Professor McCork's ten-day underpants challenge.

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Go for ten days straight without changing your drawers and

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watch your carbon footprint shrink faster than your circle of friends.

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Go on, eco-warriors, keep those pants on!

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PARP

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That's a wrap, McCork. This is going to be huge!

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Uh, I think you might be missing one crucial thing.

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-What, was my hair a mess?

-No, the smell!

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Oh, dear. That's not good.

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BELL RINGS

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Positions everyone!

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I'm almost afraid to ask, Dr Knowles,

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but how much plastic is in the ocean?

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There are nearly 270,000 tonnes of plastic floating in the

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-world's oceans.

-That's the same weight as 36,000 elephants.

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A lot of this plastic may never disappear,

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and will only break down into very tiny pieces called

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microplastics, which can contain toxic chemicals that may then

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-find their way into the human food chain.

-Bleurgh!

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Oh, no. And what can we do about it,

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apart from not changing our undercrackers, obviously?

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Scientists are developing ways to remove some of this plastic

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from the oceans.

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But the biggest responsibility lies with us. Remember the three Rs.

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-Reduce, Reuse...

-And always Recycle.

-You said it, stinky.

-Mm-hm.

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See you next time!

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Oh, crumpets. We've recycled everything,

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and we've still not reached our target.

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No thanks to those two and their silly campaign.

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Well, actually, it's, um, postponed.

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Couple of problems with...the science.

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Well, at least the smell has gone.

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And I can finally get rid of these fellas.

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MACHINE BURPS

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No! You can't recycle those!

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MACHINE RUMBLES

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-I guess every little does help.

-We did it.

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And all thanks to McCork and his eco-pants!

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Well, I don't know about you lot,

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but I'm ready for the next challenge.

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It's not easy being green!

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The ten day underpants

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challenge is a fictional campaign

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and should not be attempted in the

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real world.

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Not changing your

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underpants for ten days is not

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a good idea and should be

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avoided at all costs.

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No underpants were harmed in the

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making of this show.

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