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

Environmental activists claim that single-usage

plastic

such

as

plastic

bags,

plastic

bottles and

plastic

packaging leads to a plethora of detrimental effects

such

as polluting

marine

life and

soil

pollution that could be addressed by policymakers and citizens by curbing

plastic

usage at waterbodies and recycling

plastic

. To commence with, extensive usage of

plastic

is hazardous to the

marine

ecosystem and the fertility of the

soil

.

First

and foremost, when

plastic

is dumped into water bodies it takes more than a decade to decompose, meanwhile, most fish consumes

this

waste

and dies.

For example

, In 2020, In India, On the beach shore some people had found a dead whale, after investigation, biologists confirmed it died due to the consumption of more

plastic

.

In addition

to

marine

life, polythene takes ages to biodegrade in the

soil

,

as a result

,

soil

loses fertility which will not allow any plants to grow in that area for decades. To illustrate, In Delhi, India, it is scientifically proven that the

soil

at the

waste

collection unit is not suitable for growing plants because it is dumped with non-biodegradable polythene

waste

. Be that as it may, solutions exist for the problems mentioned above. To save

marine

life, policymakers could ban

plastic

usage in rivers, oceans, and lakes and citizens must strictly follow the rules. Imaginably, authorities could strictly prohibit either utilization or sales of polythene products at beaches and lake shores. To combat

soil

pollution, policymakers may establish recycling industries.

As a result

, all the litter will be directly transported to industries and not be thrown into the

soil

.

For example

, In the UK, most people segregate their

waste

and send it to recycling factories,

as a result

, they save

soil

by not dumping their

waste

.

Finally

, to recapitulate,

plastic

is a global grave concern

this

could be addressed by governments and individuals using the aforementioned solutions.