The Global Problem of Plastic Pollution
by Bappaditta Jana share market adviserPlastic is one of the most useful yet malicious materials that have become the menace in few the last few decades. It has become omnipresent and has caused a lot of harm to the flora & fauna on the planet. Packaging products, building materials, and even bags are made of plastics. As the production of polymer material increases, the plastic litter to does. The plastic garbage contaminates the parks, public transports, streets and water bodies affecting the lives that survive in water. If you want to know about the plastic bottle pollution facts & figures can tell you a lot about it.
Nowadays, the plastic pollution has caught the attention of the think tanks of the world, especially after a large amount of plastic material was found scattered here and there. According to the reports, around 8 million tons of litters are trashed in the oceans, and most of them are small parts of plastics that are unknowingly ingested by the marine animals. As per a study published in NAS’s (National Academy of Science) journal proceedings in the year 2015, around 90 percent of seabirds have mistaken plastic for food and have accumulated plastic particles in the digestive system.
According to a study presented in the economic forum of Switzerland in the year 2016, it was concluded that by 2050, the weight of plastics in the ocean will be more than all the fishes living in each and every ocean of the planet.
Plastics can be found each and every nook & corner of the planet. If we rely on the reports, only Pacific Ocean consists of plastic litter that can cover the entire US twice.
More than 80% of plastic litter contaminates the water bodies comes from the household wastes and landfills. There is more plastic garbage that is dumped in the oceans directly. The most common types of plastics wastes found in the water bodies are-
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic bulbs
- Fishing Nets
- Plastic cutleries
- Plastic cups
- Plastic containers
- Plastic bags
- Filaments
- Plastic Straws
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