Why do humans continue to use plastic?

Plastic packaging serves several important functions in our modern lives, which are the primary reasons we rely on it: Protection: protects vulnerable products from damage whilst in transit and from contamination or damage by moisture, humidity, gases, microorganisms, insects and light.

How are humans causing plastic waste?

Rapid urbanization and population growth increase the demand of cheap plastics. Since it is an affordable and durable material, it is utilized in every other way possible, from packaging materials to plastic bottles and containers, straws to plastic carry bags.

Is the use of plastic good or bad Why?

Plastic is polluting our oceans, killing wildlife, and damaging our health, and there are widespread calls to get rid of it. The way we’re going, a great deal, if not most, of that plastic will end up on landfills, in turtles’ stomachs, or in our bodies. Microplastics end up in animals, and enter the human food chain.

How is plastic pollution affecting the earth?

Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled in it.

What are the harmful effects of plastics in our environment?

The major impact of plastic bags on the environment is that it takes many years to for them to decompose. In addition, toxic substances are released into the soil when plastic bags perish under sunlight and, if plastic bags are burned, they release a toxic substance into the air causing ambient air pollution.

Do you think plastics are always bad for environment?

1) Yes plastics are always bad for our environment because they can check water flow in the ground if they are buried, when burned they produce a lot of toxic gases, when thrown in water they create sea water pollution by producing harmful chemicals. They create air pollution if burned.

How does plastic in the ocean affect humans?

Of the most devastating elements of this pollution is that plastics takes thousands of years to decay. As a result, fish and wildlife are becoming intoxicated. Consequently the toxins from the plastics have entered the food chain, threatening human health.

Why is plastic harmful to the ocean?

In the ocean, plastic debris injures and kills fish, seabirds and marine mammals. Because persistent organic pollutants in the marine environment attach to the surface of plastic debris, floating plastics in the oceans have been found to accumulate pollutants and transport them through ocean currents.