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?

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

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

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

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, let's talk about the damages caused by

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products to our mother

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.As already discussed,

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needs thousands of years to decompose in the soil and

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contaminate the soil, making it unfit for agricultural purposes.

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, thousands of

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bottles,packages and

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bags

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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

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

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

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. Due to

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

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disturbing the food chain and

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, there are many ways in which damage caused by

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to the environment can be prevented.

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

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of

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in packaging, water bottles and of course

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.One should

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take an oath not to

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products made of plastics.

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

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

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

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of

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for the

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twenty years in order to protect the beautiful

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

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the products made of

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,

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soon our mother earth will be protected from

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dangerous

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