Harmful effect of plasticvon environment 1000 word
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Why are plastic bags bad for the environment?
For a long time, plastic bags were used as as a free and painless solution for carrying your weekly supermarket shop and for a range of other purposes.
It’s only recently that the damaging effects have been realised and so a 5p fee has been introduced since 2015 to discourage people from buying bags.
So why are plastic bags bad for the environment? Plastic bags are made from crude oil like other plastics. This is a problem because crude oil emits significant amounts of pollution and it means the product is not biodegradable.
According to the Natural Environment website it takes at least 400 years for a bag to biodegrade which has the following effects:
Natural Environment estimates that approximately 100,000 sea turtles and other marine animals die every year because they get strangled in bags or mistake them for food.
In Australia, 50 million garbage bags end up as litter yearly, and the “plastic soup” patch in the Pacific Ocean (twice the size of the continental United States) is roughly 80% of the ocean.
A lot of people think that paper bags are a good alternative, but unfortunately, this isn’t true as they still negatively affect the environment.
The best alternative to plastic bags are reusable bags, which save 11 barrels of oil. At Non Plastic Beach, we feel we do our bit to discourage plastic bag usage, by offering our customers organic cotton, reusable shopping bags.
Plastic water bottles and the environment
Like with plastic bags, plastic water bottles were until recently considered an essential part of everyday life, whilst being thrown away at will. This leads to some of the following effects:
Overflow at landfills, requiring high amounts of fossil fuel for production
Covering the ocean surface leading to the destruction of habits and wildlife
Importing waters from overseas requires trucks for transportation and delivery, which has a large environmental impact.
Despite the fact that tap water is declared safe for consumption by the EPA, 1500 plastic water bottles are being used every second in the United States alone.
What needs to be done? There need to be more drinking facilities with extra convenience so that people are encouraged to reuse plastic bottles rather than throw them away.
The UK has some of the best quality tap water in the world and extra water fountains/refill points will help to encourage people to turn to reusable water bottles.
At Non Plastic Beach, we produce a range of plastic bottles for multiple purposes, including Chilly’s insulated water bottle and our new range of insulated water bottles made from stainless steel, which keeps liquids hot for 12 hours or cold for 24 hours.
The effect of plastic pollution on the environment
By now you should know some of the effects that plastics have on the environment, but let's look specifically at plastic pollution.
Plastic pollution causes harm to humans, animals and plants through toxic pollutants. It can take hundreds or even thousands of years for plastic to break down so the environmental damage is long-lasting.
It affects all organisms in the food chain from tiny species like plankton through to whales. Toxins work their way up the food chain when plastic is ingested and can even be present in the fish people eat.
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Conclusion
If you’ve made it to the end of this post, we hope you’re now looking at the plastic bag in your living room differently or the plastic bottle you bought from the supermarket.
We all are learning about the effects of plastic and there are huge steps to go in making a big difference. If you’re not already fully converted, we hope we’ve inspired you to try some new, more environmentally friendly products and we’d love it if you would consider some of our own.
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