write a message on avoid using plastics
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Explanation:
Plastic is ubiquitous.
It can be found from the North Pole to the South Pole and even at the deepest point of the ocean. The oceans are gradually turning into a plastic soup. It is estimated that 1230 g of plastic is floating around per square kilometer, not to mention the ropes, fishing nets, crates and bottles. But (micro)plastics also end up in the soil, for example through agricultural plastic that is ploughed into the soil.
Much of the plastic waste occurs in the form of microplastics: pieces of plastic measuring between 5 micrometers and 5 millimeters. Our water purification plants have difficulty filtering out such particles. They end up in the surface water and ultimately in the oceans, where they are picked up by all kinds of marine animals, thereby entering the food chain. According to environmental toxicologist Colin Janssen of UGent, mussels from the North Sea contain so many plastics that the average mussel eater ingests up to 11,000 plastic particles annually. In the soil, worms eat the plastic particles. Although the exact impact on health and nature remains unclear, it is obvious that there is an urgent need for reducing this pollution.