Plastics are all around us and an essential part of our daily lives. The quiz "Plastics in the environment - What do you know?" puts our knowledge of plastics on this topic to the test.

If I wash a fleece jacket made of polyester, can this cause microplastics to enter waterways? What is the volume of climate-damaging greenhouse gases emitted each year as a result of the production of plastics, and what exactly is chemical recycling?

Plastics are all around us and an essential part of our daily lives. With the quiz "Plastics in the environment - What do you know?" developed by the research focus "Plastics in the environment", everyone can put their knowledge of the material, its diversity, the associated environmental problems and possible solutions to the test.

Different aspects are covered in five categories:

1. Plastic in everyday life

2. What happens to plastic waste?

3. Plastic in the environment

4. Innovations around plastics

5. Questions for kids