Plastic is notably one of the most dangerous elements man has created on this earth. With the addition of many chemicals and oils, the plastic is nearly indestructible. It is also important to take into consideration the mass use of plastic. Every single household or store in American contains plastic in some way, shape, or form. Just think about how much plastic is held within a single supermarket.
Currently, over 300 tons of plastic, is created every year. By the year 2050, the population of the world will be around 10 billion, and researchers are expecting this production rate to increase to 900 tons of plastic a year. By this point, the ocean could be 50% fish and 50% plastic. This is horrifying.
Plastic, with PET, is arguably the worse substance ever created by man. It’s a cheap source of material, but it’s inability to decompose has left almost every piece of plastic (made with PET) ever made, still on the planet. This means we have islands, made of plastic. They float around our ocean like a tumor.
…In a decomposing process, over a certain amount of time, the material will break down and will become fertilizer for the earth, but this is not the case for this plastic. Instead it remains untouched, and bugs, birds, and any other types of animal can’t break it down. They can eat the plastic, but they won’t be able to break it down. This results in plastic killing thousands of animals.
One of the many ways that plastic is infecting our planet/ocean is the wildlife that lives in it. Just like I said before, thousands of animals are dying every year because they unknowingly eat the plastic, not knowing what it really is. A report says that 90% of the seagulls on the planet, have eaten plastic at some point in their lives.
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Plastic is a big harm to our earth because it outlives us all. The plastic we used once in a single day may live for the next 30 generations. Plastic continues to load up the oceans while most people barely recognize it. It is painful to think that a plastic bag which a person uses one time and then throws away, could kill several animals or plants.
Plastic Hurts The Ocean 