Wattpad has teamed up with National Geographic to wake the world up to the potential impact of single-use plastics. In 500 words or less, we're asking you to share a story-real or fiction-inspired by actual photos of this global issue.

✧ WELTSCHMERZ! (n.) meaning a state of melancholy caused by the world! ✧ENVIRONMENT! in which you can find ways to help the world, what's wrong with it, and how we can fix it! ✧ PLEASE! do not attempt to steal or copy in any way! @-sweetsivan 2019