Science, asked by AkshayaSamriddhi, 1 year ago

excessive use of plastics is a threat to environment. Comment

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Answered by varun02
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Plastic is a  non-biodegradable material  . Non Biodegradable materials are not environment friendly. 
The use of Plastic is a Threat to environment because of the following reasons:
1.Articles made up plastics such as plastic  bags, bottles do not rot when they are thrown away after use. The waste plastic keep accumulating in the surroundings and pollute the environment . Thus, Plastics are not environment friendly.
2. The waste plastic polythene thrown here and there carelessly get  into dirty water drains and sewers and clog them.This makes sewage water to overflow over the streets and roads causing unhygienic conditions.
3. Sometimes, the animals like cow eats up the used polythene bags or plastics wrappers along with left over food and vegetables wastes thrown on garbage dumps. The plastic waste can choke the respiratory system of cow or form a plastic lining in their stomach. This can  cause death of these animals.
4. When the plastic materials are burnt they release poisonous gases which pollute the environment.
Hence i ,conclude by saying that Follow 5R's principle [Refuse, Reduce, Recycle, reuse and Recovery ] to save and protect the environment .

Answered by Shreya0504
1

Hey mate!!

Plastic is non biodegradable and non biodegradable substances are not eco friendly.The excessive use of plastic causes damage to the environment in the following ways:

1)The polythene when burnt releases poisonous gas into the atmosphere which degrades the environment.

2)Polythene wraps mixed with biodegradable wastes inhibit the activity by the microorganisms thus slowing the time period of the degradation of the waste.

3)They clog the drains leaving water log in many areas during rain.

4)Stray animals like cows sometimes eat these polythene wrapped with food lying on the road side.This site is common where cleaning measures are not proper.

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