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?

From shopping
bags
to water bottles,
plastic
is a necessary material for our society today. Since
Kyoto
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protocol was held in Japan more than 10 years ago, the number of nations that are trying to reduce the production of
plastic
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increased. Especially many countries in
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have succeeded to cut
plastic
waste
during
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recent years. Japan,
however
, is one nation that still heavily
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on
plastic
and hardly foresee a future without
plastic
.
This
essay is going to discuss
about
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the damage towards
environment
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that
are
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triggered by
plastic
in the
first
half and will point out some ideas to solve
this
problem in the latter half. The damage that
plastic
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to the
environment
is enormous. One of the negative effects is the emission of dioxin when burnt. Not only
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dioxin is hazardous to our health but
also
it will accumulate in our bodies. Managing
plastic
waste
is
also
a serious problem
among
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Southeast Asia. Tons of plastics from China and Malaysia are thrown away illegally and end up floating in the ocean. Small
plastic
waste
will break down into pieces as the sunlight pours and these wastes will become microplastic. Small fish will
accidently
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accidentally
swallow these tiny fragments and end up accumulating microplastic. Since we are
in
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the top of the food chain, it is obvious that plastics that we throw away into the ocean will eventually influx into our
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bodies
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. It is very important to be able to stop
this
action of contaminating the sea with
plastic
. Despite that it is very difficult to get rid of
plastic
in
this
era, I believe that
this
goal can be accomplished if the
government
follow the
next
two steps.
Firstly
, I believe that the
government
should invest more
money
to
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the companies that create materials to
product
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an alternative material that can be substituted by
plastic
. Since
plastic
bags
are too convenient in Japan, it was hard to get rid of
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, but today it is not that rare to see a stone
bag
.
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bag
is a
bag
that is
made from stone, and
it
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is slightly heavier than a
plastic
bag
.
However
, its’ resistance towards water is much better than paper so many people are thinking that
this
would be the
plastic
bags
’ substitution. If the
government
continues to invest
money
, many companies are able to create new materials that can be an alternative option for
aplastic
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bag
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bags
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.
Secondly
, allowing the
government
to fine
plastic
bags
will help
the
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society to reduce
plastic
waste
. Five years ago, the Japanese
government
allowed all supermarkets to charge
plastic
bags
to cut
plastic
waste
.
This
turn out to be a success and reduced more than half of
plastic
bag
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. Even though
plastic
bags
are convenient, customers rather use their own shopping
bag
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bags
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because they do not want to pay
extra
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fee
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. The damage to the
environment
caused by
plastic
is enormous and cannot be erased.
However
, it can be alleviated by substituting
plastic
to
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other materials.
Government
can achieve
this
goal by investing more
money
on
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this
area or fining more
money
. If these
movement
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have been acted, I believe that there will be less
plastic
polluting the sea and
cleaner
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a cleaner
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environment
will appear.
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  • plastic pollution
  • ecosystems
  • wildlife
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • air pollution
  • strict regulations
  • plastic consumption
  • eco-friendly alternatives
  • sustainable packaging
  • recycling facilities
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