We are using enormous amount of plastic daily. In fact, we feel that plastic is surrounding us. It becomes indispensable for us (Madren 1). Because it is durable and indestructible and has a low density, it starts to accumulate in huge amounts in our oceans, and moves for hundreds of miles away from the original site of pollution and concentrates in five known ocean gyres (Sun). The situation is really very serious now, because thousands of tons of plastics are polluting our oceans and environment, endangering the whole marine life and ecosystems as well as our own heath Plastics exert its harmful and toxic effect on the marine wildlife as a result of ingesting the plastics, also from leaching of plastic toxins, and from getting entangled in…
In the article, it states, “… 20 million tons of plastic pollution enters the ocean each year… litter is also costly.” (1) This shows how a lot of garbage arrives the ocean each year and costs a lot of money to clean because it is not degradable. Furthermore, some cities have banned one-use plastic food containers. The article says, “… bans on single-use plastic bags… have reduced plastic bag use…
The Surfrider Foundation creatively exemplifies what human pollution and carelessness is resulting in such as creating compelling ads like “Fossil, Bag”. Trash islands, which is a result from human pollution, clutters the oceans as well as contaminates marine biology with plastic and plastic components. Unfortunately, humans will continue to contribute to the trash islands and the marine life epidemic by throwing their plastic products out the window and onto the ground as they live their irresponsible lives. The vicious cycle of human carelessness is resulting into the consumption of their very own trash: plastic bags and plastic products. The more that plastic is produced and dumped into the ocean, the more prevalent plastic really is within human daily life, as well as inside…
Allowing stores to continue providing single-use bags results in a continuation of plastic bags polluting the land and water throughout the state of…
Before we even begin on our epic monologue on the reusable bag, we should inform you on this country’s never-ending addiction: plastic. Americans use and throw away 100 billion plastic bags every year. The appalling magnitude of that number is simply incomprehensible. Plastic bags are detrimental to our environment in numerous ways, primarily because they are not biodegradable.…
A Surfrider volunteer revealed that plastic bags, bottle containers, bottle caps, kitchen utensils are the most common rubbish that is found in the ocean. Due to the mass amount of plastics in the coastlines, Surfrider specifically made small sub-unit of the foundation called Rise above Plastic. The sub-unit mainly focuses on the quantity of plastic in oceans that is harming the marine life. Rise above Plastic’s main mission is to diminish the quantities of plastics in the marine life. They try to raise awareness about the danger of plastic toxic waste.…
I believe we should have more organizations to help deal with this problem. This is a growing problem with the ocean’s becoming full of discarded trash. It is estimated that there is about 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic and other pieces of trash floating around the top of the ocean. Researchers estimated that about ten percent of garbage goes into the ocean every year. This is a major problem that needs to be controlled somehow.…
Plastic that is on the ground often goes through drains into the sea which sea animals may choke on. Therefore we know littering is hurting the environment and something must be done! Parg.…
Shea Moisture organization operates globally in the highly competitive billion-dollar cosmetic industry, in addition, Shea Moisture is an innovative organization who is outperforming their competitors by offering consumers an array of products with natural ingredients, unlike Shea Moisture organization competitors who has harmful ingredients in their cosmetic products. According to Juhász, & Marmur Many cosmetics contain chemical additives to enhance cosmetic properties, protect cosmetic efficacy, and produce viable product. There has been growing concern over the addition of chemical compounds including dioxane, formaldehyde, lead/lead acetate, paraben, and phthalate (2014) - Therefore, the chemicals in the products used over time may be…
All the impacts are detrimental and in many cases cause severe harm to individual organisms and the whole ecosystem. Currently there are no policies which address marine plastic debris as whole but this is due to the fact that no one person owns the oceans. It is very unlikely that the plastic epidemic will be addressed as a whole so, for there to be any major changes to the ongoing plastic epidemic a bottom up approach needs to be taken. It is clear smaller scale projects and changes by the consumer will have more effect on clearing the plastic away from the world’s oceans. If this plastic epidemic continues to worsen more and more marine organisms will suffer from entanglement and ingestion reducing global biodiversity.…
The way we neglect our ocean with heavy amounts of pollution can potentially affect our lives in a negative manner. Driving cars and the use of plastic is essential to our daily lives, but we use them without the concern for how they are affecting the habitats on Earth. Some people think that the chance that they are doing harm to the ocean is less important to them than cost or inconvenience of fixing a pollution problem. Through sources from researchers and scientists, they have found evidence of pollution caused by the two essential commodities in our lives, plastic and burning fossil fuels. Environmentalists have found solutions to reduce the plastic waste in our ocean as well as attempting to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere…
Life seems to be difficult if one day there are no plastic bags. Globally, between four and five trillion plastic bags are produced each year (Ellis et al., 2005). Indeed, the introduction of…
The major usage is disposable packaging or other products of short duration that are disposed within a year. Based on these two facts, it is obvious that our current use of plastics is not sustainable. Plastic waste has two main categories of plastics; thermoplastic and thermosetting…
Why BioGreen? Most of the companies now a days are looking for ways to become environmental-friendly to improve its bottom line. BioGreen understands the need of maintaining the natural ecological balance in the environment and so, we came up with the biodegradable products. In order to eliminate the mess, our biggest challenge and responsibility was to develop green products, services and processes that will provide better quality air, a cleaner environment, and a better health. Biodegradable bag helps in reducing the pollution by providing a green life to the environment as well as to human beings.…
Index 1. Introduction 2. About plastic 3. 7 Types of plastic 4. Plastic in the environment 5.…