WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT PLASTIC POLLUTION Plastic bags and bottles‚ like all forms of plastic‚ create significant environmental and economic burdens. They consume growing amounts of energy and other natural resources‚ degrading the environment in numerous ways. In addition to using up fossil fuels and other resources‚ plastic products create litter‚ hurt marine life‚ and threaten the basis of life on earth. We are producing over 25 million tons of plastics per year in the United States‚ a trivial
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Plastics are durable‚ lightweight materials that were invented in 1909. They are normally made from oil and natural gas. Using plastics to replace packaging materials such as metal and glass has allowed manufacturers to make packages that are more efficient. For example to bottle eight gallons of a beverage would take only two pounds of plastic but would take three pounds of aluminum‚ eight pounds of steel and 27 pounds of glass. The light weight of plastic packaging helps reduce transportation
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substances." As we become more technologically advanced‚ we produce materials that can withstand extreme temperatures‚ are durable and easy to use. Plastic bags‚ synthetics‚ plastic bottles‚ tin cans‚ and computer hardware- these are some of the things that make life easy for us. But what we forget is that these advanced products do not break down naturally. Plastic bags are difficult and costly to recycle and most end up on landfill sites where they take around 300 years to photo degrade. They break down
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The problem and solution of plastic Recently‚ plastic has become one of the most serious pollution problems in the world. According to a piece of news‚ it shows that every year worldwide plastic trash has been estimated at 260 million tons‚ and around ten percent ends up in the ocean. Many clean any more. As a result‚ in order to get back our beautiful ocean‚ people must recycle plastic and transform it into other energies. The tourism has become a great share that contributes to a country’s
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ever-increasing rate. Items like paper‚ plastics‚ glass and fabrics are consumed in limitless amounts and wasted thoughtlessly. If we continue to do so‚ humanity and planet earth will soon be in danger. In olden days people use to carry cloth bags or jute bags to the shop to purchase grocery or other things but when plastic is discovered it became part and parcel of our lives‚ what ever we do we use plastic in day to life‚ whether it is a plastic mug‚ plastic bucket or plastic containers we use in kitchen.
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Say No To Plastic Bags Plastic is a material that we can see everyday everywhere in our life‚ people all over the world are using plastic bags to carry something or other things and. Plastic bags are extremely dangerous for environment ‚ it is one of the main problem why environment in the world is becoming worst . Plastic bags are non-biodegradable ‚ it means that plastic bags cannot be turned into any other substance that benefiting environment . Even though plastics are being burned ‚ it will
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to create and sell is a baby bottle which has a bottom that unscrews. The purpose of this product is to make it easier for parents to wash baby bottles‚ which are often difficult to clean. Things like formula and milk may stick on the bottom and may take minutes of soaking to clean out. Even the dishwasher may not clean out the bottle good enough to use again. Often times the gunk does not get cleaned off. With a removable bottom‚ there is a guarantee that the bottle will be clean by the next use
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Plastic can be defined as: any group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft‚ which will later harden. Plastic has been around for more than 150 years. In 1839 Charles Goodyear accidently discovered the process of vulcanization‚ the process of making rubber more durable‚ which evolved into the creation of plastics later on. In 1846‚ Swiss chemist Charles Schonbein discovered how to produce the plastic polymer known as celluloid. In 1909‚ chemist Leo Baekeland created
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Negative Effects of Plastic Bags There are several issues on earth that need immediate attention; such as global warming and green house effect‚ air pollution‚ climate change‚ and plastic pollution. Current use of plastic bags and disposal‚ both not only create environmental problems‚ but also reinforce the perception of a wasteful society. Human beings invented plastic bags for the convenience of carriers and packers. However‚ plastic bags have become one of the today’s serious issues that need
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Plastic: It’s Impact on Earth BRIANNA NGUYEN 16/11/2012 Plastic has become such an integral part of society; it is used in nearly everything. They are accepted by a majority of people as an important feature to all products such as cellphones and bags because of their high resilient properties‚ their affordability‚ accessibility‚ and their low weight. With all these positive elements of plastic‚ it may seem that plastic is completely problem-free. The only problem is; there is a very pressing
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