CAUTION! TOXICITY IN PLASTIC BAG SHOPPING
Every shopping time at the supermarket or at the market, must always be given a plastic bag to carry purchases. But after the groceries were removed, the plastic is usually useless to be thrown away like garbage. Whereas to recycle materials – plastic materials, it took about 100 years to be degraded in soil and greenhouse gas emissions. Not only that, there are many astonishing facts about plastic garbage that you need to know.
- In this hemisphere, between 500 billion to one trillion plastic bags are used each year.
- Less than 1% of plastic is recycled because of the costs used to recycle the plastic is more expensive than producing new plastic.
- Economic imbalance occurs, when it comes to recycling plastic at a cost of 4000 dollars per ton and sold for 32 dollars worth.
- More than 8 million pounds of plastic dumped into the sea every year.
- 10 percent of the coastal mountains of garbage in America is plastic.
- The plastic waste after years will turn into tiny particles called petro toxic polymer, which will contaminate soil and water.
- More than 200 marine species including whales, dolphins seals and turtles die due to plastic. They die because they do not accidentally eat the plastic that they think of food.
- Leftovers are wrapped tightly in plastic containers, about 10 years is in the garbage heaps, the shape will remain the same. Plastic wrap will hinder the process of decay that should happen.
- Each year there are 100 million tons of plastic waste from the agricultural sector. When plastic waste is spread across the entire surface of the earth, it can cover up to 10 layers of the earth’s surface.
- Plastic bags are commonly used in shopping made of polyethylene, a thermoplastic made from oil. This means that continuous use of plastic can cause the oil crisis.
Can be imagined, how the state of our planet when the waste plastics are not promptly resolved. Actually there are many businesses that foam we do to reduce use of plastic bags we normally throw away are useless. One is to use a bag of fabric or cord material that can be recycled easily. Can also use a box of plastic material permanently to the grocery. If we buy the goods at the supermarket or in stores, we do not need to ask for wrapped in plastic bags. We provide a better bag to carry our groceries without having to use plastic bags. That way we can save the use of plastics in the world, also prevents the oil crisis. In many developed countries, the campaign against plastic bags (white pollution) have become a common thing. Government of China and Australia has even been issued a prohibition policy for supermarkets and shops handing out plastic undegradable. Wait no more. We need to get started!!!
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