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?

The increasing

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has caused an adverse effect on the environment.

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essay will discuss the environmental problems associated with excessive

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usage and the measures the governments and the people can take to remediate the issue. In our daily lives,

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is in every form and nearly all the commodities we

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come in

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packaging. Be it bread, vegetables and fruits, dairy or even hygiene products,

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is the common denominator everywhere. Because it has been used exhaustively, it is taking a toll on nature and deteriorating it in all possible ways.

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, since it is non-biodegradable, it doesn't decompose. So unlike other biodegradable garbage, which can rot and serve as manure,

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lasts forever without contributing anything to the environment.

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, many animals fall prey to consuming

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mistaking it for food.

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, it is a frequent

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in India for cows to choke while eating because of

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.

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,

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is known to even happen to animals in the ocean. Over the past few decades, governments all across the world have begun taking the

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problem seriously and many measures have been put in place to control

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. In many major cities, vendors cannot sell their products in

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bags and have to

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paper bags

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, in many Indian cities like Chandigarh, the

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of

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packaging has been completely banned. In other places, a new and thinner version of

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is in

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that is

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biodegradable and much more

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friendly. Many supermarkets

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encourage their customers to bring their own cloth bags for carrying their groceries. In many restaurants,

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utensils have been switched out for glass or steel cutlery. Adequate campaigning has been done among the youth to promote the reuse and recycling of

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products,

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of which, youngsters today are more aware of the drastic consequences of its extensive

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. In conclusion,

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there is still a long way for us to go, considerable efforts have been taken by the governments and the communities to curb

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utilization and switch to better and more environment-friendly alternatives.