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?

Plastic

is made

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petroleum, a scarce source, and it takes millions of years or even more to degrade. We, as a society, have been debating about different ways to save our planet, but the truth is that we can start with small attitudes

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our daily routine to improve our planet and give the

next

generation a chance to experience life as we know it. New research has shown that there are microplastics in our oceans and even in the water we drink. Those microplastics are from

plastic

objects thrown away in an incorrect way and they damage

nature

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and can harm animal species in a way that we have not yet discovered.

Although

it is possible to imagine the damage all

this

plastic

can do to the environment we still produce a lot of

plastic

garbage and waste

instead

of recycling. We are seeing animals being found dead at beaches with their stomach full of

plastic

and

also

animals getting stuck in

plastic

bags. Our habits need to change and we need to start being more conscious about the impact our attitudes have on the planet. Governments must form alliances to fight for our nature and ecosystem and make the effort to change our habits and decrease the global level of

plastic

consumption and general pollution. I believe

this

can be done by finding substitutes for

plastic

objects, teaching the population and giving incentives for our society to change simple habits,

such

as recycling and taking reusable bags to go shopping. Everyone needs to fight for changes and embrace a healthier and

waste free

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lifestyle.