Plastic bags, plastic bottles and plastic packaging are bad for the environment. What damage does plastic do to the environment? What can be done by government and individuals to solve this problem?

Nowadays, most products packaging and containers,

such

as bags and bottles, are made of

plastic

which will be disposed of after use. It causes environmental pollution.

This

essay will explore the problem caused and suggest some solutions. Focusing on the negative impact, one of the problems caused is that people dump these

waste

products into the seas accidentally or deliberately which leads to marine

plastic

pollution. Since these

plastic

things are not decomposed by themselves, marine wildlife,

such

as seabirds, whales and fishes, mistake

plastic

waste

for prey; most

then

die of starvation as their stomachs become filled with

plastic

.

Therefore

, improper handling of

plastic

waste

not only will contaminate the environment

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but

also

will endanger wildlife. To tackle the problem, the government and individuals should put effort into the matter. For the government,

firstly

, it should invest more in the infrastructure to prevent the situation,

such

as sanitary landfills,

waste

disposal systems and recycling facilities.

Furthermore

, it could launch an educational campaign to promote the proper disposal procedures to the public so that dumping

plastic

waste

could be eliminated.

Finally

, penalties for improper disposal of

waste

, especially for

plastic

containers, should be imposed in order to stop the dumping of

waste

products in places outside of controlled landfills or

waste

processing

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. For individuals, it is very important that we should collect and dump the used

plastic

containers into recycle bin. In conclusion,

plastic

pollution is not only harmful to the environment, but it

also

influences animals and human beings, the government and individuals should co-operate together by disposal of the

plastic

things properly.