Significance * Plastic bags are not renewable‚ which means they cannot be easily recycled like paper bags. They are made of petrochemicals‚ which is what makes them non-renewable and a risk to the health of the planet. They last for hundreds of years‚ all the while doing damage to natural habitats and killing animals that mistake them for food. The more plastic bags people use‚ the greater the chances of environmental damage. Effects * If not carefully disposed of‚ plastic bags can be devastating
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Millions of disposable plastic bags are used and discarded in Washington each year. A beached grey whale was found in West Seattle in 2010 with 20 plastic bags in its stomach. Small pieces of plastic can absorb toxic pollutants like DDT and PCB. Scientists have found that fish are ingesting these toxins when they ingest plastic‚ concentrating the chemicals in the food chain. There is a good chance that we also absorb these pollutants when we eat fish. The good news is‚ Washingtonians are taking
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problem with plastics The problem with plastic is that it doesn’t break down and go into the soil it just sits there for years and years and it’s way overused. We use plastic for A LOT of things: packaging‚ transporting‚ manufacturing‚ etc‚ but do we ever stop to think about what happens to the plastic after we’re done using it‚ or where it ends up? The ‘out of sight‚ out of mind’ saying is perfect when it comes to a lot of environmental issues‚ especially the issue with plastic. Plastic is made
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Environment Australia Biodegradable Plastics – Developments and Environmental Impacts OCTOBER‚ 2002 Prepared in association with ExcelPlas Australia Ref: 3111-01 NOLAN-ITU Pty Ltd ACN 067 785 853 ABN 23 359 240 890 P.O. Box 393 Level 1‚ 625 High St‚ East Kew Victoria 3102 Telephone: (03) 9859 3344 Facsimile: (03) 9859 3411 NOLAN-ITU PTY LTD ACN 067 785 853 ABN 23 359 240 890 Melbourne PO Box 393 Level 1‚ 625 High Street East Kew VIC 3102 Tel: (03) 9859 3344 Fax: (03) 9859
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Period 3A The Scourge of Plastic Plastic is used in so many of our worldly possessions. This resource is in our bottles‚ our televisions‚ even in our clothing‚ and makes up much of the things we use every day. “So what?” you may ask‚ “it’s just some material that we use a lot in our lives‚ why is that important?” The fact of the matter is that a lot of the plastic in many of the things we own are unsafe‚ toxic‚ and not fit for commercial use. Every company that makes plastic has their own closely-guarded
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Current plastic bag use and disposal‚ both by consumers and through waste management activities‚ not only create environmental problems‚ but also reinforce the perception of a wasteful society. Plastic bags as litter create a visual pollution problem‚ and affect our aquatic wildlife. Many of the grocery store use the plastic bags as a tool to keep the things easy to carrying. Plastic bags aren’t just at the grocery store‚ there every where‚ landfills‚ the oceans and lakes‚ hanging on trees around
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Essays on the Pros and Cons of Plastic Surgery It is normal for people to want to look and feel their best. Sometimes‚ plastic surgery can help people achieve this goal. Plastic surgery can also be used as a form of corrective surgery such as deformities or in cases where someone has suffered severe burns or disfigurement from an accident. However‚ plastic surgery is not without potential physical and emotional risks. These potential risks and benefits are what essays on the pros and cons of
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Try to imagine‚ if one day‚ you can no longer find any plastic packaging‚ what would your life be? Say‚ when you bought a chunk of fresh meat‚ normally placed in a polythene plate with a layer of food wrap‚ the plastic packaging of which disappeared now‚ what could you do to take it away hygienically? Or when you bought some toilet cleaners‚ how could you bring it home in order not to harm your hands without a plastic bottle provided? Plastic packaging is everywhere that one can never avoid in our
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Mandy How Kar Voon Professor Denine Lutz English 10‚ Section 91 23 April 2013 Plastic Surgery “The Right to Be Beautiful?” These days‚ people are growing up surrounded by media portrayals of the perfect face and body. It’s in the advertisements‚ on television‚ movies and just about everywhere. Presently‚ society has frame set the picture of women’s beauty along with a pretty face‚ perfect skin‚ and slender frame as a rail thin super model. However‚ nobody’s perfect‚ and that is just a
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Changing Who I Am Born in a small town in Fujian‚ China‚ a place with a population less than two hundred people‚ I could not have ever imagined myself standing here today‚ at Michigan State University‚ and becoming one of the forty-seven thousand students. My story began in China. I was a small town girl that moved to a bigger city. In another part of my life‚ I moved from China to the United States of America. And then‚ I graduated from a small high school and entered a large college‚ where
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