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?

Things made of

plastic

have become

integral

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part of our life in the

last

few decades. Be it handbags, bottles or any kind of

packages

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package

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.

This

has led to various environmental issues which are quite difficult to deal with. Being a cheaper alternative to all other

material

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materials

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, we have seen a boom in the

use

of

plastic

in recent times.

Plastic

bottles have replaced glass bottles to carry soft drinks. Milk is now getting delivered in

the

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packets made of

plastic

. But, one thing we always knew and never really worried about was that

plastic

is not a bio-degradable material, i.e. it takes centuries for

plastic

to disintegrate into the earth.

This

has resulted

into

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a massive amount of

plastic

waste

for us to deal with. Some countries have started dumping their

plastic

waste

into the ocean which has already started proving to be quite harmful

for

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the

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marine life.

For instance

,

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Atlantic Salmon fishes are dying because they consume

the

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plastic

waste

thinking of it as some kind of food.

Additionally

, the seafood consumed by us

have

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some traces or micro particles of

plastic

which can cause some serious health issues and even lead to cancer.

However

,

this

can still be dealt with if the people and governments around the world can come together and take some concrete steps.

Firstly

,

use

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of

plastic

should be reduced drastically. Many nations have already started banning

plastic

products and

replace

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them with

some

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bio-degradable

material

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materials

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.

Awarenes

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Awareness

campaigns should be organized for the people to move away from the

use

of

plastic

.

Moreover

, Plants should be established where the

plastic

waste

can be recycled and converted into

some

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different

object

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objects

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rather than

discarding

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them

into

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nature. In conclusion, the

use

of

plastic

has

beginning

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to cause some serious environmental issues yet it is still

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not

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no

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too late if all the countries can come together to find some solutions and implement them.