article on menance of plastic
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Environmentally, plastic is a growing disaster. Most plastics are made from petroleum or natural gas, non-renewable resources extracted and processed using energy-intensive techniques that destroy fragile ecosystems. The manufacture of plastics as well as its destruction by incineration pollutes air, land and water and exposes workers to toxic chemicals including carcinogens. Plastic-packaging especially the ubiquitous plastic bag is a significant source of landfill waste and is regularly eaten by numerous marine and land animals to fatal consequences.
Synthetic plastic does not biodegrade. It just sits and accumulates in landfills or pollutes the environment. Plastic wastes have become a municipal wastesnightmare prompting local governments all over the world to implement plastic bag and increasingly polystyrene (sty foam) bans. Plastic pollution may not even be visible to the naked eyes as research is showing that microscopic plastic particles are present in the air at various locations through the world in all major oceans. Plastic is now ubiquitous in our terrestrial aquatic and airborne environments-that is everywhere.
As a dynamic youth changemaker, servant leader, environmental enthusiast and YALI RLC cohort 23 alumni, I strongly believe that wecan shift from the normal paradigms and start adopting an effective recycling system with the aim of ending the plastic menace and conserving our environment. Change and responsible behaviour begins with an individual from grassroot level, corporate level and to central government.
Awell-designed depositsystem will help reduce plasticand increase recycling rates. The incentivised deposit system for recyclable plastic will use reverse vending machines as collection points for used plastic containers, which will then be taken to specialised recycling areas. It would work like this; the consumer pays a deposit on every bottlerise equivalent to about 20 poundsdepending on the size. They return it empty and post it into a machine which reads the barcode and produces a coupon for deposit in the shops. Owners of small shops are paid a small amount for each bottle collected by their machines.
The key is to get an economic incentive -put a deposit on the bottle and most people won’t throw it away. The principle is that if drink firms can get bottles to the shops to sell their products, they can also collect those same bottles. Individual bottles can be recycled up to 12 times, and the whole thing should be paid for voluntarily by soft drinks companies who will be rewardedfor doing so by having their tax bill lowered.
The advantage of deposit return schemes is that it obliges each part of the plastic chain to change their behaviour product concept design, to manufacture, transport, useand finally disposal. It is cost efficient. Its introduction will lead to homeless people hoarding discarded bottles that they can trade in.It will increase the number of people in the shops for businesses. This is a proven mechanism to trap plastic in the economy. Plastic is a treasure trove of untapped resources, think about it!
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