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, almost everything we buy is made from

plastic

packages or have

plastic

in its components. One of the main damage caused by the excessive use of

this

type of material is the contamination of the land and the lives of the animals. I believe that both, the

government

, and the population could prevent

this

problem.

To begin

with,

plastic

has in its composition major pollutants and its complete decomposition takes around 300 years. As a consequence, when it is in contact with the soil, because of

plastic

wastes ,

for instance

, the land might be contaminated as in the

plastic

decomposition process a plethora of toxic substances will be released.

Furthermore

,

plastic

is extremely harmful to marine’s life as people usually use

plastic

bottles or straws at the beaches and unfortunately

plastic

's trash effortless goes to the ocean. It is common to read about the death of turtles caused by the injection of straws. In order to prevent the damages caused by ,

plastic

some actions would be done by the

government

and society.

Firstly

, the population should take care of their garbage avoid disposal in inappropriate places. I believe that recycling is the most effective action to avoid land contamination.

Second

, the

government

should implement some laws about using

plastic

around the beach. I believe it would dramatically reduce the contamination of the ocean and indirectly preserve marine life. In conclusion,

although

plastic

packages are useful to human’s life it is harmful to our planet, as it takes more than one century to decompose. To reduce

this

impact some actions should be done for the population which is responsible for the discard of their garbage, and the

government

who is responsible for creating effective laws about

this

matter.