Plastic Pollution Young Explorers Challenge

Plastic: an almost invisible enemy

All over the world, people have become accustomed to using plastic and then throwing it away. In our homes, our clothes, our mobile phones, our cars … we use plastic everywhere and for everything, so that today we don’t even notice it. However, once it is thrown away, plastic creates many problems. Too rarely recycled, it seeps into the water we drink, the air we breathe, or the land that feeds us.
But who makes the connection between the mountains of rubbish we see on television and the plastic objects we use every day?
Plastic, which pollutes our environment, has become invisible, almost banal, so ingrained in our daily lives that we forget to ask ourselves how it got there, whether it is really useful to us, and what will happen to it once it is thrown away.

Your mission: observe, investigate, testify … explore everyday life!

At the end of the year, the ship Plastic Odyssey will sail around the world for 3 years to find solutions to the problem of plastic pollution. While waiting for the big departure, the team invites young people from around the Mediterranean to take part in this great adventure by putting on the explorer’s suit in their region. Where is the plastic around us? Why do we use it? And who inherits it when we throw it away? Plastic Odyssey invites young people to investigate and share their findings! The contributions of the young participants will be highlighted in an exhibition on board the Plastic Odyssey, which will travel to 30 countries over a period of 3 years.

How does it work?

Step 1 : Investigate and send in your findings on one of these three themes: