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 the governments and individuals to solve this problem?

Plastic

is a non-biodegradable substance and is very harmful to our environment.There are many long term effects of

plastic

on the environment and of course on humans that I will discuss in the following paragraphs. And

also

, I will try to suggest something that can be done by the government and people to prevent the

nature

.

First

, let's talk about the damages caused by

plastic

products to our mother

nature

.As already discussed,

plastic

needs thousands of years to decompose in the soil and

thus

contaminate the soil, making it unfit for agricultural purposes.

Furthermore

, thousands of

plastic

bottles,packages and

plastic

bags

can be seen floating in the earth's water bodies and are responsible for the death of marine animals when accidentally eaten by them. In

this

way,

this

plastic

also

enters the food chain and human food resulting in incurable diseases like cancer

Change preposition

in

show examples

the human body. To illustrate, a few months ago a goods container sank in the pacific ocean and goods were packed in

plastic

bags

. Due to

this

many fish and other creatures were found dead on the surface of the ocean and

hence

disturbing the food chain and

nature

.

However

, there are many ways in which damage caused by

plastic

to the environment can be prevented.

This

problem is best mitigated by governmental actions. The state should ban the

use

of

plastic

in packaging, water bottles and of course

plastic

bags

.One should

also

take an oath not to

use

products made of plastics.

For example

, using bamboo toothbrushes, comb, toys wooden containers and paper

bags

. Because it is estimated that in one year a person produces one hundred tonnes of

plastic

through household items.Another real-world example of action taken by the government is 'Himachal Pradesh' a province in India that had banned the

use

of

plastic

bags

for the

last

twenty years in order to protect the beautiful

nature

. In conclusion, if the government and every citizen swear not to

use

the products made of

plastic

,

then

soon our mother earth will be protected from

this

dangerous

plastic

.