Plastics

Plastic is a material that never decomposes back into its original form; this means it lasts forever. While this plastic is laying around it poisons people and mammals, chokes animals to death daily, and is an eyesore on Earth. A decisive action needs to be taken to get the existing plastics removed from the environment and use alternatives to this deadly material… before it’s too late. Plastic is currently the number one most preferred material in today's industrial world; this is posing an…

The documentary “Addicted to Plastic” was truly an eye opener for me. It was amazing to learn of the numbers in tons that as a nation that we throughout, not only in our nation but worldwide. Not to mention the damage that we are doing to our environment and the harm to wildlife that the discarded plastics are doing. Most people will throw out a plastic bottle without even thinking about where it will end up or the troubles that it could create. I know I am guilty, but I do recycle. Surprisingly…

The disposable, plastic water bottle has become a part of everyday life in America. It is almost impossible to not see at least one person walking around with one in hand. It is not hard to see the benefits of carrying one around. After all, they are convenient and help people have easy access to water away from a water source. Unfortunately, this innovation has become more taken for granted nowadays. Contrary to its perception before, people no longer see water bottles as a luxury or a…

and were in desperate need of help. I played with baby dolls until I was ten years old, I would bathe them, I would change them, I would feed them, I would take them out for walks, and I treated them as if the plastic baby actually contained a human heart. Although my nurturing for plastic babies ended, my passion for aiding others didn't. In Elementary school my fourth grade teacher had an adoptive daughter that was handicapped, she brung her to school often, and there I was asking if I could…

reasons for the increase in surgeries, but this happens to be one main reason. Plastic surgery can be harmful and put many teens in a dangerous situation, so why are so many teens choosing to be put under the knife? Stated by Dr. Holmgren, “Teens seek plastic surgery due to some insecurities they feel about the way they look; they think it will fix whatever is ‘wrong’ with them. What you may or may not understand is that plastic surgery won’t make you a different person, make people like you or…

“The Plastic Pink Flamingo” A new trend for the 1950’s was idolizing pink flamingos. The claims of boldness consisted of rich families vacationing in Florida and the distinct color of the flamingo. American’s were in desperate search of something new, but the author questions the reasons behind the pink flamingo’s popularity when he/she inquires about why the birds were called pink flamingos, why American’s were intrigued by the flashy color, and why flamingos were such a popular trend. Why…

Municipalities in the USA and indeed around the World are generating growing numbers of plastic waste than ever before and the facts are that only a small percentage of it is recycled. In many developing countries plastics and other byproducts litter streets, drains, rivers and much of that ends up in the oceans. In the USA, the EPA estimates that the municipal solid waste stream contains more than 12 percent of plastic. This figure has grown consistently over the past fifty years, from one…

Design The Problem Plastic bottles are have been shown to be harmful in many ways. So, why do we still use them all the time? How are they harmful to us and the environment? What is a better material than plastic? Problem Statement What are the factors that are contributing to the plastic bottle problem? Variables Dependent Variable About 50 million plastic bottles are made in the US each year alone Only about 23 percent of them are recycled So about 38 billion plastic bottles are…

“Drowning the Oceans in Plastic” Summary The article, “Drowning the Oceans in Plastic,” by Mark Gold and Cara Horowitz is about how marine pollution is a global and international problem that costs billions of dollars each year to clean. To mend the problem, the people of this world should not litter. To begin, plastic garbage is extremely costly. 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…

into the ocean. Around 80 percent of marine litter originates on land, and most of that is plastic. The conservative estimate is that around 4.8 million metric tons of garbage, specifically plastic, is realised into world’s ocean each year. Some researchers believe the real number to be close to 12.7 million metric tons. To put these numbers into perspective, one metric ton is equal to 2,205, so…