What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Zero Plastics

We often hear of zero plastic campaigns and may even find many stores that have implemented a no plastic system in their stores. These is because one of a major cause of pollution is the littering of plastic and the increasing plastic problems affecting everone around the world. Plastic has been known to help us in a lot of ways as it is used as a convenience such as packaging food, plastic bottles, wrapper, disposable forks and even as to contain all our groceries in one plastic bag. It is easy to see why people choose to believe that plastic has more advantages rather than disadvantages. This type of ignorance is thereason why plastic waste is one our biggest problem today.
Why should we care about plastics when it has done us lots of favor …show more content…
Some also felt that there are less motivation to start a zero plastic living but why is this so? A lot of people in our society does not think a lot may change if they stop using plastics. Imagine going plastic free living alone but the people around you still uses a lot of plastics, the stores from across the street gives out free plastic for your groceries , the campus’s canteen provides students with unlimited use of plastic for your food, now it’s easy to think that what can change if i am the only one trying to solve the plastic problem and everyone else is not? What difference does it …show more content…
Imagine one person decided to go plastic free living just by doing as little as giving up at least 1 use of plastic in their usual life routine and then tells a friend, who then tells their family, and then tell their coworkers and the words pass on to multiple people. This create a ripple effect of plastic free ambassador all over around demanding for a change. Just as stated by Newton on his first law of motion called inertia which i like to quote , an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion, unless acted upon a force. I like to think that we are the force to get people engaged and moving with the zero plastic waste living practice. If we don’t start to act, no one will and plastic problem will not go anywhere.
Many people dread the thought of giving up one of the most convenient thing in our life, plastics. However, being plastic free living should not be a convenient as there are many solutions we can make so as to be less dependent on plastics. Start by using tupperware when you want to buy food, bring a water container rather than buying water bottles, bring your own bag to buy grocery and then you can progress by completely go plastic free