NOTES Every day over 10million new plastic bags are being created‚ that’s over 3.92 billion new plastic bags every year. You may think plastic bags are harmless‚ but the every time you accept plastic bags at a check out‚ you are damaging the environment we live in. For that one time you use that plastic bag‚ it can last from 500-100years. You may think you are helping the environment when you are buying biodegradable bags‚ but they take just as long to degrade. But there is a way to help the
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Phase-out of lightweight plastic bags From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Ambox current red.svg This article is outdated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2013) Single-use plastic shopping bags are usually distributed (for free) to customers by stores when purchasing goods. It is a popular method that is practiced in many countries for being a strong‚ cheap‚ and hygienic way of transporting items. Lightweight bags are commonly made from
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PLASTIC POLLUTION Next time you do the shopping and carry home the things in a plastic carry bag‚ think and realise that you are contributing your share to a deadly plastic pollution whose ill effects are irreversible and capable of reaching out to many generations to come. Plastic is one of the major toxic pollutants of our time. Being composed of toxic chemicals and most importantly a non biodegradable substance‚ plastic pollutes earth and leads to air pollution and water pollution.
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Solutions to Plastic Pollution in our Oceans The Basics We ’re treating the oceans like a trash bin: around 80 percent of marine litter originates on land‚ and most of that is plastic. Plastic that pollutes our oceans and waterways has severe impacts on our environment and our economy. Seabirds‚ whales‚ sea turtles and other marine life are eating marine plastic pollution and dying from choking‚ intestinal blockage and starvation. Scientists are investigating the long-term impacts of toxic pollutants
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Rock Professor Johansen ENG 105 27 March 2015 Climate Change: Plastic Pollution Of the 32 million tons of plastic produced annually‚ only 9% of plastics are recycled globally. The question then becomes‚ where does all this plastic end up? The answer is our oceans. The United Nations has noted that there is an estimated 50‚000 pieces of plastic in every square mile of the ocean (United Nations). Charles Moore first discovered plastic pollution in the ocean in 1997. Unlike the commonly believed fully
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Plastic bags have become an ever-growing issue with the increasing predicament of pollution into today’s society. Single use plastic bags are made from petroleum products and therefore affect fossil fuel supplies. The sourcing and manufacturing process of this product plays a part in environmental pollution‚ and is therefore a contributing threat to the environment (Clapp & Swanston‚ 2009). This critical economic overview of a plastic bag tax shall examine and analyse both the positive and the negative
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Plastic Surgery: The Rewards Outweighs The Risk Paul Gonzalez English Composition II August 19‚ 2014 Professor Mooney South University Paul Gonzalez Professor Mooney English Composition II 19 Aug 2014 Plastic Surgery: The Rewards Outweighs The Risk Plastic surgery is the specialized branch of surgery concerned with repairing deformities‚ correcting functional deficits‚ and enhancing appearance. Unlike most surgical specialties‚ plastic surgery is not confined to one specific area of the
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Plastic Surgery Tampa may be carried out on numerous areas of the body just like the abdomen‚ breasts‚ lips‚ face and a lot of. This place of cosmetics is 2nd only to Botox in the USA and is possibly the most normally performed cosmetic procedures. There are unlimited physical benefits of plastic surgical treatments. Following a procedure‚ several patients have noticed a lot of balanced and proportional elements of the body. It’s vital to use a surgeon that is experienced in order to bestow the
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Nowadays‚many people resort to plastic surgery and there are several reasons why they decide to do so.Some of the‚‚are valid and legitimate while others originate from their vanity. A few people opt for cosmetic surgery out of a desire to look like a certain person they admire‚especially young people who are more likely to be obsessed with celebrities and other famous people.Some others feel dissatisfied with the way they look either because they cannot come to terms with the fact that they are
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Recycling reuses waste materials such as glass bottles‚ Paper‚ plastic‚ and aluminum. It has been this way now for years now and more people need to take more action in recycling their waste. It’s been proven that recycling our waste has improved our world to be more cleanly sanitary. There are a lot of ways we can recycle the things we have around the house. For example‚ glass from a Snapple bottle can be broken down and be put back together to make a new glass bottle. Throwing away materials is
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