Have students test their comprehension by answering the following questions and recording the number of the page where the answer is located. Come together as a class and discuss their answers.
- Where did Milly first see recycling in action?
- How did Milly get the money to buy her first plastic chipper?
- When did plastics first begin to gain popularity?
- Why did Milly go to Japan?
- What did Milly learn about manufacturing plastic jugs that made her realize some of them could be recycled?
- What were the advantages of recycling Milly emphasized in her presentations?
- In what state did Milly establish her first recycling company?
- How many categories of plastic resin are there and what are they named?
- What was the Plastiki?
- What is a nurdle?
- What are most plastics made of?
- How did marking every plastic item with a number aid in the recycling process?