Plastic items such as bottles, bags and packaging is considered to be bad for a healthy environment. Due to the major damges caused by plastics, people arugue it is not environement friendly. Further, the process of disposin these products are not convinient as others. However, many counries collect plasctics seperately with the purpose of recycling. This essay highlights the major factors such as drawbacks of plastics and actions that the Government and people can be taken to minimize the usage.