How is plastic waste effecting the environment? According to studies conducted in 2013, an estimated three hundred million tonnes of plastic had been produced, this figure is a four percent increase from the same study conducted a year earlier. If the production of plastic was to increase by 4 percent every year, by the year 2040 plastic production will have increased to a frightening eight hundred and sixty-five million tonnes (Gourmelon, 2015). The serious consequences plastic waste is having on the environment, human population and animal life is severe. Predictions indicate, if plastic production was to reach the above number, it would see an estimated two hundred and sixteen million tonnes of plastic waste end up in landfill (Gourmelon, 2015). Considering the complex problems involved and the ripple effect plastic waste has on the world, it is evident more sustainable procedures are required in order to prevent the dire consequences that are currently inevitable (Weber, 2015).
Why does plastic waste effect the environment? Plastic is made from oil, fossil fuel and limited unsustainable dangerous resources, such as, phthalate plasticizers, phthalates and bisphenol A, (BPA). According to recent studies, approximately four percent of the world’s …show more content…
Plastic waste pollution has dangerous effects on the environment, the main areas of concern are the effects on land, corruption of groundwater, loss of animal life, greenhouse admissions and the effects on the human population (Kukreja, 2016). Approximately Fifty percent of plastic production is in the form of disposable products, such as packaging. When the mass production of plastics began in the 1940s, it quickly spread into all aspects of daily life. However, with plastic being produced at such an alarming rate in today’s world, it was never taken into consideration how plastic might affect the environment (Knoblauch,
Why does plastic waste effect the environment? Plastic is made from oil, fossil fuel and limited unsustainable dangerous resources, such as, phthalate plasticizers, phthalates and bisphenol A, (BPA). According to recent studies, approximately four percent of the world’s …show more content…
Plastic waste pollution has dangerous effects on the environment, the main areas of concern are the effects on land, corruption of groundwater, loss of animal life, greenhouse admissions and the effects on the human population (Kukreja, 2016). Approximately Fifty percent of plastic production is in the form of disposable products, such as packaging. When the mass production of plastics began in the 1940s, it quickly spread into all aspects of daily life. However, with plastic being produced at such an alarming rate in today’s world, it was never taken into consideration how plastic might affect the environment (Knoblauch,