The open planes of the asphalt ; home to many creatures great and small and the
popping ground for one of the most clever and creatures - the plastic bag.
Today we the cycle of life for this curious creature the plastic bag on its to its home, the Pacific Ocean.
Once released into the , the plastic bag is unsure of itself. It at first. But soon, with some help from the , the bag will be airborne.
This flight will be the first in its long towards its final destination, the patch in the heart of the Pacific Ocean.
Using the wind to guide it, the plastic bag across the city through the air.
A city park. This park may at first seem an place for the plastic bag, but danger lurks around every . Here it will encounter many , including one of the most dangerous, park services.
Poor little ! Looks like his journey ends here...
Meanwhile, our little bag has one of nature's most deadly killers - the teacup yorkie. Once the yorkie has locked onto his , there is very little hope of . But using its size and deft maneuvering, our bag manages to escape the yorkie's and flee for its life.
Over the course of its migration, the plastic bag will cover distances through neighbourhoods, across parks and down city .
It is now nightfall and our highly night-vision cameras have managed to capture for the first time in history, a plastic bag in pitch !
Phenomenal!
The vast rivers of California, home to literally dozens of . Many plastic bags will not make it out of here, the reeds and will see to that.
As at home in as it is on land, or in the air, the bag's natural buoyancy makes it an excellent .
It's close now, and it can feel it. At last, the bag has reached the to the open sea. Careful to avoid the maws of sealife that feed on the helpless plastic, the bag will travel of miles to join the thriving of plastic; known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The garbage patch is a veritable plastic , where millions of tons of plastic garbage
remain by the currents. It is said to be the size of Texas. Never actually , here the plastic bag can live indefinitely, coexisting with billions of other petroleum , before breaking into ever tinier plastic pieces, completing the plastic cycle of life!