Question

Analyse the date. Chalk out an awareness programme to educate people about the harmful effects of the use of plastic goods and how to do without plastic goods

Answer 1

Answer:

LIVINGSTONE HIGH SCHOOL

Date: March 13 2020 (Friday)

Venue: School Auditorium

Time: 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Theme: Awareness Programme on the harmful effects of plastic products

Speech:

Plastic products are not bio-degradable and can remain unchanged for many years. This adversely affects the fertility and the quality of the soil.

Plastics products including plastic bags are a health hazard. Exposure to toxic chemicals emitted by plastics causes cancer, decreases the effectiveness of the immune system, and are responsible for many other diseases.

Dumping of plastic bags, plastic bottles, etc. has created an unhygienic condition to our environment. Plastic litters has become a major pollution to our surrounding.

Our freshwater sources like rivers and lakes are becoming dumpsters for plastic bags.

Plastic products, especially plastic bags find their way into rivers and oceans. They are swallowed by fish, seabirds, and other marine creatures leading to death by suffocation.

Since plastic bags, plastic bottles and other discarded plastic products do not degrade, they accumulate in drainage and sewerage systems and block the flow causing waterlogging.

Plastic products including plastic bags are often disposed off by burning and this releases poisonous gases into the atmosphere and pollutes the air and increase global warming.

Ways to reduce the use and the harmful effects of plastic products:

1. Say "No" to plastic bags given by shopkeepers. Carry your own shopping bag.
2. Carefully separate plastic products from other garbages for recycling.
3. Stop buying plastic products. When there is less demand, the manufacturing will decrease.
4. Replace plastic bags with bags made of biodegradable materials like cotton and jute.
5. Stop burning plastic as a means of waste disposal. The toxic gases released pollute the air we breathe.
6. Don't buy bottled water. Carry your own nonplastic water bottle.

Answer 2

Answer:

• The fact that plastic bags take a very long time to degrade has a significant negative influence on the environment.
• Additionally, when plastic bags decompose under sunlight, hazardous compounds are released into the soil, and when plastic bags are burned, a toxic substance is discharged into the air, contributing to ambient air pollution.
• According to Simons (2005), the usage of plastic bags may open the door for the spread of malignant diseases due to the unchecked buildup of carcinogenic substances.
• Worldwide, landfills that occupy thousands of hectares of land and release hazardous methane and carbon dioxide emissions as well as extremely toxic leachates during their decomposition stage are filled indiscriminately with plastic bags.
• To lessen the issues related with plastic bag wastes, the public should be encouraged to use eco-friendly alternative bags made from fabric, natural fibers, and paper rather than plastic ones.
• It is strongly advised that laws be passed prohibiting the careless use of plastic bags, recycling of their waste, and restrictions on businesses' free distribution of the bags.
• The single-use plastic bag is a major concern for local governments in the United States.
• Due to their incredibly low rate of reuse and recycling, plastic bags continue to be a major source of both land-based litter and marine debris that obstructs stormwater management systems.

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