How does the plastic tend to pollute the environment in different ways?Explain
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Plastics are non biodegradable polymers which take million to thousands of years to biodegrade so they are harmful
→Plastic is a Non-Degradable material, and cant be destroyed/eaten by microbes, however in the Recent discovery of 2016, Scientists have found a bacteria which can actually eat plastic, the Bacteria is named "Ideonella Sakaiensis".
→Plastic can cause Air Pollution, Water pollution,Land Pollution etc. Plastic is used everywhere, i.e(that is) because of its cheap price and also because of its Availability, its available almost everywhere in the world.
→Burning Plastic can release toxic gases which can lead to death, severe illness and even toxicate the atmosphere.
→Plastic,in water kills Animals, Animals often Eat plastic and as its non-degradable, it doesnt destroy/eaten up by Water Life and they suffer a lot, Plastic even contains Toxics which litter the water bodies/or make the water bodies dirty.
→Plastic is everywhere on land, it is un-necessarily thrown out and this damages the soil, when these plastics react with water they release their toxics and then these toxics are absorbed by the Soil and thus, it even toxicates groundwater.