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

Presently, the negative impacts of

production

and widespread use of

plastic

bags, bottles and packaging are well known.

Plastic

production

pollutes the air and

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use of

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leads to soil and

water

pollution

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essay, I will discuss how

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plastic

items are

threats

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to the environment and

also

,

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will outline some measures, for both

governments

and individuals, that could help to reduce

plastic caused

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damages

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. Since

plastic

is

by product

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by-product

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of oil distillation, its manufacturing

process

leaves

massive

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a massive

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carbon footprint. During the

production

process

, huge amounts of greenhouse gases enter the atmosphere, which leads to air

pollution

.

For example

, CO2 and CH4 gases that accelerate the ozone layer destruction.

Moreover

,

plastic

wastes

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can lead to soil and

water

pollution

, because they are usually

disposed

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disposed of

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in

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nature, buried underground or discharged

in

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ocean

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the ocean

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.

Decomposition

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The decomposition

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process

of

plastic

takes hundreds of years and during the

process

, toxic chemicals

are entered

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into

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the ground and

water

.

This

results in the death of

see breeds

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seweeds

and unplantable lands.

For instance

, corn will not grow near the

plastic

disposal sites and some

type

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types

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of fish face extinction because of tons of

plastic

wastes

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waste

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in the ocean.

Nevertheless

, both

governments

and people can minimize the devastating impact of

plastic

on the environment.

Governments

can reduce

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plastic

dump

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dumping

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by supporting

plastic

recycling.

This

can be easily done by means of financial support towards recycling plants.

For example

, reducing their tax rate, funding, loaning and so on.

On the other hand

, individuals must

also

reduce their

plastic

consumption.

This

is easily achievable by using alternatives for

plastic

bags, bottles and packaging. For instance, using cotton shopping bags, steel bottles and so forth.

To conclude

, the

production

and use of

plastic

items threaten the environment by causing air, soil and

water

pollution

.

Moreover

,

governments

can reduce these damages by imposing a supporting policy towards

plastic

recycling, and individuals must

also

reduce their

plastic

usage