Essays on Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems facing the world today. Every year, millions of tons of plastic are discarded into our environment and oceans where it accumulates and causes harm to wildlife, marine life and human health. Plastic can be found in every corner of the planet ” from deep-sea trenches to remote mountain tops. If we don’t take action now, this problem will only continue to get worse.The main sources of plastic pollution come from single-use plastics such as bags, bottles and packaging materials that are not recycled or disposed of responsibly after use. These items end up in landfills, rivers, lakes and ocean ecosystems where they become trapped in habitats or ingested by sea animals who mistake them for food. This has a devastating effect on aquatic ecosystems as well as human health due to their toxicity when broken down over time. In order to reduce the amount of plastic entering our environment each year it is important that consumers are educated on sustainable waste disposal practices such as recycling and composting whenever possible instead of just throwing away single-use items like water bottles or straws which can easily end up polluting our oceans if not thrown away properly. Additionally, governments need to invest more heavily in research into new packaging materials that have less impact on the environment than traditional plastics do so that companies can begin transitioning towards using these alternatives instead for their products’ packaging needs.
Pollution refers to the act of introducing harmful substances into a specific commodity, location, or the surrounding environment, which can have detrimental effects on the affected area and its dependent creatures. It is not limited to merely impacting the directly contaminated region or object, as it also has negative repercussions on the surrounding flora and […]
Significant changes in water quantity and quality are evident across the world. These changes, which are expected to persist, present an ongoing risk to interconnected human and natural systems and related ecosystem services. Surface water quality is declining as water temperature increases and more frequent high-intensity rainfall events mobilize pollutants such as pathogens and plastics, […]
Introduction Plastic can be discovered almost everywhere on Earth, in the depths of oceans and even in Arctic ice (Parker). Shockingly, plastic can even be found on the moon, ever since 1969 when Neil Armstrong set up a nylon US flag on the astronomical body (“Plastic Surgery; Pollution”). It has become a highly favored substance, […]
Paper or Plastic? When someone sees this question they immediately think of their experiences at the checkout counter of grocery stores. Oftentimes, due to the unnecessary stress that comes from grocery shopping, people tend to choose the simplest option. Plastic. However, the simpleness of this option in the supermarket is merely a facade of the […]
Take a look at your average everyday supermarket. The average American can find literally hundreds of items that are specifically designed to make our lives much simpler. Everything from individually wrapped snacks, zip lock bags to store items, dense plastic bottles, you get the picture. Many consumer items in today’s market have one thing in […]
Everyone has heard about microplastics, the small pieces of plastic waste created by the disposal of everyday consumer products. Everyone is strongly against microbeads found in thousands of cosmetic products. Everyone knows a little about microfibers, the thin synthetic yarns shedding into the water during each wash. What about glitter? Chances are you haven’t even […]
For this project, I chose to quit using plastic water bottles. I chose to go down this path for my project because after the first couple days of college, I notice that our recycling bin was already getting really full and it was basically all water bottles. After a few days, we were almost finished […]
In recent years, natural resources had been rapidly reduced due to people’s usage. In the resources that people wasted, most of them had harmful chemicals. These harmful substances were also an important factor affecting the environment. Therefore, In 2014-2019, California has proposed some law on plastic bags, plastic straws, and paper receipts. California believed this […]
Artur Bordalo was born in Lisbon in 1987. During his youth, he tumbled between two worlds. In one world he watched his grandfather, an artist himself, painting with water colors and in the other world he practiced producing graffiti and experienced the consequences that are bound to the illegal activity. Gradually, the habits he had […]
The percentage of plastic used has increased due to the number of products that are packaged in plastic as well as how much plastic is being wasted instead of recycled by humans. There is already a large quantity of plastic on the planet and this is the reason why the world has three plastic islands. […]
