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 governments and individuals to solve this problem? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words

Plastic

has turned out to be one of the most detrimental inventions for

the

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humans and the

environment

. Humans consume all sorts of

plastic

packaging on a daily basis and thereby generate tons of waste which

is

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indeed not easy to process

however

, it is very easy and cheap to produce. Since the advent of

plastic

a huge amount of

damage

has been caused to the

environment

and which has led to a spike in

the

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carbon emissions.

To begin

with, most

plastic

that is

produced or used on a daily basis is non-biodegradable. Which makes it harder for the soil to absorb the wasted

plastic

. It was observed in a recent study, that it may

up

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to a million years for a small

plastic

water bottle to be fully broken down and absorbed by the soil, let alone the tons of

plastic

waste that we produce daily. Scientists have

also

observed an increase in

amount

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of carbon emissions generated from the production of

plastic

and have directly linked it with the supply and demand of

plastics

. As humans have increasingly become dependent on

plastics

, the overall production has gone up, which eventually is causing

the

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spike in emissions.

Additionally

,

plastics

have

also

caused a huge amount of

damage

to our biodiversity. Since most of the

plastic

waste is dumped in the oceans by various industries, many animal species have become a victim of

this

. There have been cases where many species of water animals

chocked

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to death after they consumed the

plastic

that was dumped in the ocean.

This

indeed has turned

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be disastrous for

the

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ocean life. In order to reduce the impact of

plastic

on the

environment

, the government should begin taxing it.

This

can hinder the use of

plastics

up to a certain extent,

however

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it would not be a complete solution. As

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individuals it is our responsibility that

we

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understand the

damage

plastic

causes to the

environment

and

therefore

we should restrict ourselves from buying

plastic

products as much as possible. Another way of dealing with

this

is by recycling

plastic

products. Recycling not only saves money but

also

prevents us from consuming more

plastic

products. In the long run, the more we recycle our

plastic

, the lesser would be the production. Which eventually would restrict industries from producing

plastics

in bulk and would turn out to be a great solution to the

damage

that

plastics

cause.