PLastic bags, plastic bottles and plastic packaging are bad for the environment. What damages does plastic do to the environment? What can be done by government and individuals to solved the problem.

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has been on a significant rise in recent years across industries owing to its cost-effectiveness.

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commodities like bags, containers and water

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have risen at an alarming rate posing an environmental threat.

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its non-biodegradable

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, and health risks posed to plants and animals.

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list how governmental actions and intervention at an individual level are the need of the hour to mitigate

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risks. Harms caused to the environment, flora and fauna

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waste are irrevocable because of their deadly

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. Owing to its non-biodegradable

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,

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remains on earth for thousands of years resulting in stockpiles of trash in the dump yards. The largest dump yard site in Nevada,

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, has shown a significant deterioration in underground water quality levels

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the phenomenon of leeching caused by chemical seepage.

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, the burning of plastics releases a tremendous amount of air pollutants in the air which in turn becomes the major source of deadly diseases like Asthma and Lung cancer.

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, loose

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can cause internal lung failure in stray cattle when they eat rubbish from the streets, which

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can be a source of major epidemics for humans. A concerted effort from both the government and individuals is the need of the hour to mitigate the risks of

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. Enforcing stricter rules of banning

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by the firms and penalising shoppers heavily upon catching them with

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, will result in a drastic reduction in

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consumption.

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, governments should incentivise companies, and shoppers to promote paper bags, and cloth bags as they are biodegradable. India,

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, banned

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in 2015 resulting in not only the conservation of

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environment but

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paper and cloth businesses benefitting the economy. In conclusion, the use of

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is detrimental to the environment's sustainability and conservation

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its non-biodegradable

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with concerted efforts from the government to ban its use and

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by teaching individuals about using alternative biodegradable sources will reap huge benefits for the generations to come.