Plastic is now a regular material that is being used on a daily
basis. Plastic is everywhere either in the form of food containers,
financial transactions (Debit/Credit cards, plastic money),
storage, baggage, stationary items, electronic and electrical
products and every foreseeable item that a human being can think
of. Plastic as a product is now like a regular feature of
manufacturing, consumption, and service activities.
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Peanut's Story This is Peanut the turtlePeanut the red-eared
slider, to be exact. She was found in 1993 in Missouri and taken to
a zoo in St. Louis where the six-pack ring was removed. Today she
is in the care of the Missouri Department of Conservation, and is
doing well. How did it happen? When she was a small turtle, she got
the ring stuck on her shell and couldn't get it off. Over time, the
rest of her shell grew but the area around the ring did not. The
piece of litter had been around her shell for about four years when
she was found. If this had happened to a fleshy animal like an
otter, the animal probably would have died from an infection. Since
Peanut's shell protected her body, she was able to live with it,
though some of her organs don't function properly.
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A material which gets decomposed through natural process, such
as action of bacteria, is called biodegradable material.Parts of
vegetables, fruits, left over food stuff,paper,cotton, wood etc.
are the examples of biodegradable materials. Biodegradable means
compostable. While biodegradable simply means to be consumed by
microorganisms and getting converted into compost.compostable
Materials that do not decompose through the natural processes and
take a very long time to degrade are called non-biodegradable
materials. Plastic bags, buckets, etc. are examples of non
biodegradable materials.
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1.Plastic carry bags and other articles clog the city drainage
system,thereby,causing lot of inconvenience. 2.Stray cows and other
animals, in the process of eating the food waste, swallow materials
like polythen bags and wrappers. This chokes the digestive tract
animals, thereby, causing death. 3. Plastics take several years to
decompose,, and are not environment friendly and cause
environmental pollution. 4.Plastics, if burnt, produce harmful
gases which pollute air. Harshit kaushik
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DO YOU KNOW When you eat or drink things stored in plastic,
plastic is incorporated into you. S0 ? It causes immune and enzyme
disorders, hormonal disruption leading to endocrinal disorders and
even infertility and is also considered as carcinogenic (cancer).
Not only human health, it dangerously effects other animal life and
alters the environmental (air,water and soil)sustainability causing
hazardous pollution.
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1)DO NOT THROW PLASTIC WRAPPERS CARELESSLY ON ROAD.
2)BIODEGRADABLE AND NON BIODEGRADABLE SHOULD BE COLLECTED
SEPARATELY. 3)MAKE USE OF BAGS MADE BY COTTON OR JUTE WHEN YOU GO
OUT FOR SHOPPING. 4)REMEMBER THE FOUR RS. 5)DEVELOP HABITS TO
PRESERVE ENVIRONMENT.