Plastics on Farms: A Growing Environmental Challenge

Imagine farmers using lots of plastic to help their crops grow, like plastic sheets and tubes.

This is called plasticulture.

The problem is, this plastic often ends up polluting the soil.

Farmers sometimes burn it or bury it, which harms the environment and can get into our food.

Scientists are working on ways to fix this, like using special plastics that break down naturally or going back to using things like straw.

It's important to find these solutions because we need to grow food without damaging the Earth.