effect of plastic on environment
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By Nirav Gor
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Introductiony Plastic is a general common term for a wide range of
synthetic or semi synthetic organic solid materialssuitable for the manufacture of industrials products.Plastics are typically polymers of high molecularweight, and may contain other substances to improveits performance and/or reduce costs.
y Plastic is one of the few new chemical materials whichpose a environmental problem. Polyethylene,polyvinyl chloride, and polystyrene are included nmanufacturing a plastic.
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Types ofplastic productsy Plastic toys
y Plastic furniture
y Plastic bagsy Plastic coatings
y Plastic sheets
y Plastic tanks
y Plastic buckets
y Plastic stationery
y Plastic footwear
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Plastics adverse effects onour
environmentPlastic pollutes beaches and
oceans:-
Garbage has been discarded in to the oceanfor as long as humans have sailed the sevenseas or stayed at sea shore or near waterways
flowing into the sea since the 1940s plasticuse has been increased dramatically resultingin a huge quantity of nearly indestructiblelightweight material floating into the oceansand eventually deposited on the beachesworldwide .
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Plastic bags litterthe landscape
Once they are used most of the plastic bags go into thelandfill , or rubbish tips .each year more and moreplastic bags are ending up littering the environment.Once they become litter plastic bags find their way
into our water bodies, parks, beaches and streets and ifthe are burnt they infuse the air with toxic fumes.
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Plastic bags kill animals About 100,000 animals such as dolphins , turtles ,
whales, and penguins are killed every year due to
plastic bags . Many anima
ls ingest p
lastic bagsmistaking them for food and therefore die. And worse
the injected plastic bags remains intact and even afterthe death, and decomposition of the animal. thus itlies around the landscape where another victim mayingest it.
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Plastic bags are non-biodegradable
And one of the worst environmental effect is that they
are non-biodegradable. The decomposition of plasticbags takes around 1000 years.
Even after processing various types of products madeup of ethylene and styrene fibers, they cant be
recycled any how. E.g. plastic bags made up oflessthen 20 micron size.
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Plastics effects onhuman lifey Plastic plays the villain right from the stage of production.
The major chemicals that go into the making of plastic arehighly toxic and pose serious threat to all the living specieson earth.
y some of the constituents of plastic such as benzene areknown to cause cancer. Plastic resins themselves areflammable and have contributed to several accidents world
wide.y Once plastic is produced the harm is done for once and for
all. Plastic defies any kind of attempt at disposal be itthrough recycling, land filling or burning.
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y When you recycle a hazard you create a hazard.
y recycling of plastic is associated with skin andrespiratory problems, resulting from exposure to andinhalation of toxic fumes, especially hydrocarbons andresidues released during the process.
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Measures
y Single-use plastic bags have become such a ubiquitous
way oflife that it seems as if we simply cannot dowithout them. However if we have the will, we canstart reducing their use in small ways.
y Atote bag can make a good substitute for holding the
shopping. You can keep the bag with the cashier, andthen put your purchases into it instead of the usualplastic bag.
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y Recycling the plastic bag you have is another goodidea. This can come into use for various purposes, likeholding your garbage, instead of purchasing new ones.
y While government may be working out ways to lessen
the impact of plastic bags on the environment,however, each of us should shoulder someresponsibility for this problem, which ultimately harmus.
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Thank you