7. List down the damaging consequences of careless disposal of plastic bags.
What steps will you take in order to a reduce pollution due to plastics?
Answers
Answer:it causes cancer to humans. Throwing plastic bags kill many innocent animals. We will use the 5R's i. e. REUSE, Reduce, Recycle,
Recover, Refuse to save our environment
Explanation:
Answer:
Explanation:
Plastics are synthetic products used for a variety of purposes in a huge and growing range of applications. Many common plastic products include plastic bottles, containers, tables, chairs and plastic bags
The damaging consequences of the careless disposal of plastic bags are listed below
- They are non biodegradable and clog drainage systems ad sewage pipes
- They are eaten by animals like cows and fishes which results in serious decline in their population.
- Accumulation of plastic bags in urban areas affects cleanliness.
- Disintegrated plastic mixes with the rain water and wrecks havoc on crops and forests
- Marine animals like turtles and fishes eat plastic bags which leads t dio magnification where the plastic starts accumulating in the food chain.
- Land-filling with plastic bags renders that land useless for lant growth for many centuries.
- Indiscriminate burning of disposable plastic bags causes damage to the atmosphere.
Some measures to reduce pollution caused by plastic bags include
- Using cloth or paper bags for shopping.
- Reusing plastic bags.
- Banning the production and sale of new plastic bags.
- Recycling the plastic to produce reusable products like pipes.
- Spreading awareness about the harmful effects of plastic bags on our environment.
- Volunteering to clean small areas of our community where plastic bags are accumulated.
- Encouraging industries and small businesses to pack their products in cardboard boxes instead of plastic bags