plastics are toxicicty. theyc have escherichia coli they cannot help our environment

hroughout human history people have polluted/littered/thrown shit on the ground. Up until plastics though, it wasn't a big deal because most of the things we littered with were biodegradable. Now we have materials that cannot be broken down naturally. That means once they are put into the environment, they stay there, forever.What's even worse though is that they become tiny little plastic pellets that are virtually impossible to clean up.

So what happens to all this plastic if it never goes away?

Well, a lot of it ends up in the ocean. In fact right now their are two gigantic regions in the pacific ocean (the largest of which is twice the size of Texas) that contain high concentrations of plastic particles. They formed from ocean currents taking plastic debris to places that, ordinarily, would be nutrient rich areas of ocean.

Why is this a problem?

-Did I mention the small pellets of plastic are toxic? Fish ingest them and, when we eat fish, we are eating them too.

-It is, at this point in time, 100% impossible to clean it up. The sheer size and nature of the pollution means that we have no way to collect the plastic, and therefore it will remain there and continue to grow, unless some act of God (haha...God) cleans it up.

What's troubling is our society's dependence on plastic. Can you imagine a modern world without it? What would happen to all the plastic bottles we drink, or the food that is packaged?

Unless serious recycling efforts are put in place the situation will continue to worsen until it fucks up our entire ecosyste

IF there is no plastic in world where do you have to put some things

didnT you know that plastics have polyvinyl chloride.Since 1950, plastics have played an omnipresent part of our daily lives. They are everywhere and globally we use more than 260 million tons of plastic each year. Most of the marine debris in the world is comprised of plastic materials (between 60 to 80% of total marine debris). Field studies have shown that mega- and macro-plastics have concentrated in the highest densities in the Northern Hemisphere, adjacent to urban areas, in enclosed seas and at water convergences. The longevity of some plastics is estimated to be hundreds to thousands of years!

The environmental impacts resulting from the accumulation of plastic waste are huge and increasing. Plastic debris affects wildlife, human health, and the environment. The millions of tons of plastic bottles, bags, and garbage in the world's oceans are breaking down and leaching toxins posing a threat to marine life and human. Plastic materials in landfills sink in harmful chemicals into groundwater. Chemicals added to plastics are dangerously absorbed by humans like altering hormones. Research on plastics includes a large and robust literature reporting adverse health effects in laboratory animals and wildlife at even low doses. Plastic debris is ingested by hundreds of species choking and starving them. Floating plastic debris can spread invasive species.