What if we would have never invented plastic, think a world without it,
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then we would have not got good containers I mean cheaply and we could have reduced pollution there are 2 sides positive and negative both plz mark me brainliest plz
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Explanation:
Once a revolutionary invention, it's now filling up our oceans and killing thousands of whales, birds, turtles... Just how much plastic do we have around us?
Would our life be less comfortable without it? How many animal species could we save by getting rid of plastic debris? Your plastic bag is actually chemically processed natural gas or oil. You can tear it, or burn it, or throw it away when you’re done with it. But it won’t decompose the way this loaf of bread will.
Plastic washed up on the Oregon coast. Image Source: Ocean Blue Project, Inc.
Plastic Facts:
Since the 1950s we’ve created 6.3 billion tons of plastic. 9% of it we’ve recycled, another 12% – incinerated. That leaves us with 4.9 billion tonnes of plastic waste. Plastic accounts for about 10 percent of the total waste we generate. If we could gather it all in one place, this plastic mountain would be bigger than Mount Everest. Plastic accounts for approximately 90 percent of all trash which exists on the ocean’s surface, with about 46,000 pieces of plastic per square mile. 160,000 plastic bags are used around the world every second. 5 trillion plastic bags are created every year. 500 million plastic straws are used in just the United States every year. If plastic production continues at its current rate, plastic pollution will outweigh fish pound for pound by 2050.
Image Source: MichaelisScientists on Wiki Commons. Plastic waste in the ocean.
Plastic will only start degrading after 700 years and will only fully degrade in 1000 years, meaning that all plastic produced by humans has yet to start degrading. Plastic bags are produced using petroleum, natural gas and other chemicals. Its production is toxic to the environment. In the Los Angeles area, 10 metric tons of plastic are carried into the Pacific Ocean on a daily basis.
A lot of this waste ends up in the sea, killing marine animals who mistake this indigestible synthetic for food. If we eliminated plastics from our lives, we’d save hundreds of marine species from entanglement and plastic ingestion. Plastic can also negatively impact our health – some of the compounds and chemicals found in plastic, such as BPA, have been found to alter hormones or have other potential human health effects. But what about us? What would our routine be like without plastic?
How Much Do We Depend on Plastic, Anyway?
Even if you avoided using plastic containers to bring your lunch to work, or bagged your groceries with reusable shopping bags, you’d still be a far cry from going absolutely plastic-free. Plastic is everywhere.Our dependence on plastic grows worse with every passing year.
Aluminium cans are lined with a plastic resin. Without it, your coke would corrode within three days. Paper cups hide a thin layer of plastic, too. How do you think they keep the liquid inside?
No plastic would also mean no tea bags, since they are heat sealed with polyethylene. Without plastic, grocery shopping would look very different. Our liquids would come in glass bottles. Our meats and cheese would be wrapped in paper. You’d pack all your groceries into paper bags or cardboard boxes.
One of the main benefits of plastic packaging is that it keeps food fresh longer. Without this basic method of food preservation, a lot of our food would need to be raised or grown locally, and much of it would only available seasonally.
Organic waste would fill up the landfills and become our main environmental concern. Our clothing would be limited to natural fibers – no polyester socks, nylon dresses or acrylic sweaters. Say goodbye to your fleece jacket. Heat and water resistant safety wear wouldn’t exist either.
We also use plastics in adhesives for our technology, furniture, and other important items. Plastic is a major part of most cooking utensils. Plastics are also an important part of our medical technologies – Plastics are used to create eyeglasses, prosthetics, in many different medical implants, and other devices which help keep us alive and in good condition.
Computers, Television, Smart Phones, and More:
Without the invention of plastic, you wouldn’t be able to watch this video – without the plastic needed for electrical insulation, there would be no inexpensive circuits to build your phone or computer. Even early electronics in the 1910s used plastic – one of the first plastics – Bakelite. Plastic can be molded into smaller and more particular shapes, as needed by our electronics.
Without any plastic, we’d be stuck in the 1870, still using non-durable and hazardous lacquer and rubber to insulate our wires. All the progress we’ve made in affordable electronics would never have happened. Replacing plastic in our electronics with a different substance is possible, but would be very difficult given the specifications required. Plastic is nonconductive, which is very important for whatever the replacement substance would end up being.