Arguments Against Plastic Against Paper

The debate of plastic against paper traces back in time and is still considered as an ongoing argument. To give my opinion on it I was provided with four sources that share the purpose of comparing which product is more harmful. The first source which is a graph called “Annual Carbon Footprint Performance (Comparative)”, shows that paper is giving off a huge amount of carbon dioxide compared to other resources. The second source which is an article by the website Clean by Design called “ Fiber Selection: Understanding the impact of different fibers is the first step in designing environmentally responsible apparel”, talks about how the production of fiber does involve chemical use and harm to environment, but it can be modified using a safer
We use plastic bottles because they don’t break easily and plastic wrapping to assure the product inside is safe. After the plastic has no more use to us we throw it away without realizing where it ends up or how it's the worst action against ourselves. Plastic is rarely recycled, it actually just sits for years in the landfill. However, with fiber, it can easily recycle or replaced. In “All the Plastic Ever Produced, Visualized” Michele Debczak talks about how the production of plastic is increasing but the old plastic has not been recycled for centuries. It states “ We’ve already produced 8.3 billion metric tons of the stuff, and most of it is sitting in landfills where it could take centuries to break down.” and also “Of that, only 9 percent has been recycled.” In the article Clean by Design it says that fiber doesn’t cause pollution as much as plastic would. “ Eco-fiber section can make a big difference in lowering the environmental footprint of a garment or collection...although organic cotton is a natural fiber, the impacts of dyeing it are higher than the impacts of dyeing polyester”. This clearly shows how plastic is harmful, it sits in the landfill and spreads chemicals to groundwater. Those chemicals then harm aquatic