In my country, plastic containers have become more common than ever and are used by many food and drink companies. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

Since the technology has been improved rapidly, there has been
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nvironment. Plastic, one of the environmental unfriendly creatures, enjoy
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considerable popularity in
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ining industry than ever. From my perspective, I believe the negative effects come before benefits because the environmental issues should not be ignored and catering firms could use substitutes of
this
chemical substance. On the one hand, there are numerous harmful consequences to use plastic containers.
Firstly
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ajority of people are aware of that
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polymer is non-biodegradable, there is a problem about methods to process the containers used. Two options, burying in soil, which exerts a deleterious effect on the land, and leaving those litters in
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cean, which pollute the sea and are dangerous for marine life, are both not sustainable ways to resolve the problem and have detrimental influences on the ecosystem. Alternatively, if the society chose to burn it, which is the common method to trashes, the atmosphere would be affected negatively due to the formation of gaseous carbon-chlorine compounds that could destruct the ozone layer, which protects human from U-V lights.
On the other hand
, apart from
this
polymerised material, there are other kinds of substitutes for food and drink companies. Papery products, which are
also
portable, and even metal goods could be the alternatives. Meanwhile, the costs of using these two commodities are low due to the growing technology.
Thus
, those firms in the catering industry can replace plastic containers by others in order to improve environmental standards. In conclusion,
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onvenience of
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polymer, there would be disastrous consequences for the ecosystem and other creatures in the Earth if we did not regulate its usages.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • convenience
  • cost-effective
  • versatile
  • lightweight
  • durable
  • hygienic
  • environmental impact
  • pollution
  • landfills
  • recycling
  • reusable
  • sustainable
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