Consequences of overuse of What can we do to help with plastic

plastic pollution
The consequences of the use of too much
Ways in which we can help reduce plastic
plastic can result lethal to both humans and
animals. When small plastic particles which are
pollution are reducing our personal use of plastic
highly toxic end up in the sea small fish like for example when you go to the supermarket
plankton eat it because they think it is food, the instead of putting everything in a plastic bag that
planktons are then eaten by bigger fish that we you will use only once bring your own bag that
then end up eating. The same material we you re-use every time you go and buy
created to make everything easier in our lives is something. Recycle properly, when you use any
turning against us. Air pollution is also very type of object from plastic to paper to tin, glass
important because when plastic is burnt it or even organics be sure to recycle them buy
releases its toxic chemicals into the air that putting them in the correct bins especially when
when inhaled are very unhealthy. you have one-use plastics. Participate in beach or
Hundreds of millions of bottles end up in
river cleanups with your friends or actual
landfills, the plastic is then compressed by
rainfall or simply other bottles. The rainfall then
volunteer groups. Avoid products containing
catches the water-soluble compound which can micro-beads such as toothpastes and body
be toxic. When mixed together water washes which end up in our sewers and in the
and the compound found in plastic, create a seas.
compound called leachate which
moves through rivers, lakes and streams and
are brought to the sea and intoxicates animals.
Another thing that could happen is that the
toxic fluids end up in our water reservoirs and
intoxicate us.
When a bottle reaches the sea, they are
drained into a vortex which leads them to a
place known as the great pacific garbage patch.
Animals end up finding these enormous gyres
around the world and might get entangled in
them, another thing that could happen is that
they exchange a piece of plastic with a fish and
they eat it. If the plastic doesn’t choke them, it
can make them feel full when they aren't, and
they starve to death.