The Plastic Age is going strong. Plastic rules our lives and how! It’s durable‚ does not perish‚ and you don’t need to cut trees to make it. And despite being much frowned upon and debated‚ plastic has a strong presence in almost every nook of our lives. So deep is the plastic connection that we use the term to refer to anything fake — plastic smile‚ plastic snow‚ plastic surgery! Imagine‚ if the Titanic were made of plastic‚ it may never have sunk. So while we battle plastic bags choking our drains
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Plastikos “Despite the popular misconception‚ the word ‘plastic’ in ‘plastic surgery’ does not mean ‘artificial‚’ but is derived from the ancient Greek word ‘plastikos‚’ which means to mold or give form” (Schnur and Hait). What was once used to help reconstruct the faces and bodies of wounded soldiers is now used to aesthetically create new faces and bodies around the world. The motive for surgery is changing. Statistics show that plastic surgery is becoming increasingly more popular among men‚
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The Effects of Plastic Bags on Environmentt * | * The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really quite devastating. While there are many objections to the banning of plastic bags based solely on their convenience‚ the damage to the environment needs to be controlled. * There is no way to strictly limit the effects of plastic bags on the environment because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. While reusing them is the first step‚ most people
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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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Try to imagine‚ if one day‚ you can no longer find any plastic packaging‚ what would your life be? Say‚ when you bought a chunk of fresh meat‚ normally placed in a polythene plate with a layer of food wrap‚ the plastic packaging of which disappeared now‚ what could you do to take it away hygienically? Or when you bought some toilet cleaners‚ how could you bring it home in order not to harm your hands without a plastic bottle provided? Plastic packaging is everywhere that one can never avoid in our
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A plastic shopping bag‚ the most known used product discovered by man. Data released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shows that somewhere between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year (National Geographic News‚ 2006). As the number of usage increases‚ the rate of plastic pollution grows eventually to be an immeasurable environmental obstacle that is difficult to control. This essay will unfold the case of plastic bags to identify the outcomes
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Mandy How Kar Voon Professor Denine Lutz English 10‚ Section 91 23 April 2013 Plastic Surgery “The Right to Be Beautiful?” These days‚ people are growing up surrounded by media portrayals of the perfect face and body. It’s in the advertisements‚ on television‚ movies and just about everywhere. Presently‚ society has frame set the picture of women’s beauty along with a pretty face‚ perfect skin‚ and slender frame as a rail thin super model. However‚ nobody’s perfect‚ and that is just a
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An Ugly Trend Plastic surgery is defined as repair‚ restoration‚ or improvement of lost‚ injured or defective body parts. It can also be used as a synonym for “fake” or “superficial.” Although the meaning of plastic surgery fluctuates between different people‚ the origin of the word “plastic” comes from the Greek “plastikos‚” meaning "able to be molded.” Throughout history‚ society values beauty. Individual’s pursuit in self-fulfillment through plastic surgery and restoration is one of the oldest
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plastic pollution‚ the accumulation in the environment of man-made plastic products to the point where they create problems for wildlife and their habitats as well as for human populations. In 1907 the invention of Bakelite brought about a revolution in materials by introducing truly synthetic plastic resins into world commerce. By the end of the 20th century‚ however‚ plastics were found to be persistent polluters of many environmental niches‚ from Mount Everest to the bottom of the sea. Whether
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The article addresses the popularly debated issue of reducing the use of plastic bags in all kinds of stores that give out free plastic bags as carriers‚ especially supermarkets in Singapore. No government legislation has been implemented in Singapore so far to make it compulsory for retailers to charge customers on plastic bags‚ which has already been done in a few Asian countries. However‚ environmental agencies have been urging Singapore government to do the same while the government is encouraging
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