My story starts in a factory where I was made...

It was such a terrible place that does such terrible things. I started as a plastic little pellet. They melted me down at over 500 degrees!

I was turned into a liquid and they blew air at me which made me turn into a bubble shape and they cut out my handles and then, there I was a plastic bag.

This is where my journey began as a plastic bag. The journey where I traveled all over the world, well maybe not the world, but you know what I mean.

I was put in a box which was put on some type of vehicle with wheels and the next thing I know, I was in a grocery store getting stacked on handles by cash registers.

Before I knew it, a little boy had put a toy inside of me and was taking me with him to his car. I drove all the way to his house with him.

But when we got there, he took the toy out and threw me in the trash. Just like that. I was already wasted. he barely even used me and my life is already over.

Little did I know, my life was just beginning.

There I sat. In the trash, the stinky, disgusting trash. These definitely weren't my favorite days of  life.

Finally, after what felt like weeks upon weeks, I was transferred, with all of the other trash, into a big garbage truck. We drove forever, but I was kind of excited to see where my new home would be.

When I got there, I was disappointed. I was dropped onto the ground in a landfill, a huge waste pile. This wasn’t what I was expecting.

A couple of days later...

I’ve been sitting here for days now, watching the sun come up and go back down. Nothing exciting has happened. I mean what do you expect? I’m sitting in a pile of rotten food, stinky baby diapers, and a whole lot of plastic.

A storm started to roll in. The wind picked up and the trash started to fly around.

And all of the sudden, I was lifted into the air and I flew right into the nearby ocean.

The rain started falling heavily and pushed me down into the deep ocean.

Underneath the ocean surface was a whole new world that I didn’t even know existed. The coral reefs were unlike anything I’d ever seen. The colorful fish were swimming all around me.

Then, a dark figure approached me. It had a hard shell and had flippers. Do you know what it is?