Plastic Pollution Introduction The world population is living‚ working‚ vacationing‚ increasingly conglomerating along the coasts‚ and standing on the front row of the greatest‚ most unprecedented‚ plastic waste tide ever faced. Washed out on our coasts in obvious and clearly visible form‚ the plastic pollution spectacle blatantly unveiling on our beaches is only the prelude of the greater story that unfolded further away in the the world’s oceans‚ yet mostly originating from where we stand: the
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Whenever you walk on the beach do you notice the plastic in the water or on the sand? Do you ever think that something should be done about this? Plastic pollution is something that’s hurting the environment and is growing more and more every year. Plastic pollution is caused by people using the ocean as a trash can. People are careless and would rather litter than throw the pastic bag away or recycle it. Convinenece to people is better for them than the environment. Throughout the years the pollution
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Plastic in Our Oceans 46‚000 pieces of plastic per square mile make up 90% of our ocean’s trash accumulation (Nichol‚ 2012‚ Plastics‚ like Diamonds‚ are forever‚ para. 1). Within the areas‚ many animals will either ingest‚ become entangled in‚ or even die due to the high plastic amounts. Nearly 267 species are harmed by plastic (Nichol‚ 2012‚ Fast Facts). With such deadly effects due to yearly accumulation‚ the banning of plastic bags and reduction of usage in a household will improve overall health
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school lunch tray? They can all be made from recycled plastic bottles or containers. In fact‚ the bottle you recycle in your own town can end up being spun into a pair of mittens worn by a child who lives in Japan. The plastic containers you recycle can take quite a journey once they leave your house. Of course‚ they can also wind up being put to the same use as before. We’re going to explore some unique paths you may not know about. Plastic recycling began in communities in the early 1980s with bottle-deposit
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Plastic Composition and Types of Plastic A plastic is made up principally of a binder together with plasticizers‚ fillers‚ pigments‚ and other additives. The binder gives a plastic its main characteristics and usually its name. Thus‚ polyvinyl chloride is both the name of a binder and the name of a plastic into which it is made. Binders may be natural materials‚ e.g.‚ cellulose derivatives‚ casein‚ or milk protein‚ but are more commonly synthetic resins. In either case‚ the binder materials consist
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Plastic Pollution in Hawai’i Plastic plays a big part of our lives. The food we eat is wrapped with it‚ the toys our siblings or children play with is made from it‚ the television we watch is made with it‚ we play video games with plastic controllers‚ we listen to music with plastic head phones and the shelves we use is made with plastic. Material items made with plastic can be useful‚ cheaper‚ and durable but it can also harm the environment. All of these plastic items don’t just disappear
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Description: Plastic has been the common materials that is being used on a daily basis. Many objects that made from plastic that can be seen from everyday such as food containers‚ plastic bag‚ storage and so many things that even a human being cannot think of it. Plastic’s existence has only just for over a century but because of the versatility of the materials plastics has a significantly increase in their use into all varieties of everyday life. Furthermore‚ the physical characteristic of plastic itself
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[pic] Recycling one tonne of paper saves 17 average sized trees Paper is usually made from trees. We would need a forest more than three times the size of Devon to give us all the paper we use in Britain in one year. Try to buy things made from recycled paper‚ e.g. writing paper‚ envelopes‚ and even toilet rolls! Look for the recycling logo next time you go shopping. You buy something made of recycled paper. You put your old paper into your recycling box/bin at home‚ or take it to a paper
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Background The overuse of plastics in today’s society has become major environmental issue for our oceans. Plastic pollution is the dumping‚ littering‚ or disposing of any type of man-made plastic that has been produced and has ended up in our ocean and has not been recycled. History of Plastic "Plastic" entered the world through chemistry in 1909 and was originally coined to describe Bakelite‚ the first fully synthetic resin. What make’s plastic so unique is when it is heated it can be molded
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------------------------------------------------- Recycling Benefits the Environment Garbage and Recycling ‚ 2003 Recycling Benefits the Environment Sam Martin asserts in the following viewpoint that recycling is an effective way to reduce waste. Although recycling programs do adversely impact the environment‚ Martin contends that alternatives such as landfills—which can pollute the air and water surrounding them—are much more harmful. According to Martin‚ consumers embrace recycling as a way to help the environment
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