Why plastic pollution is a global problem

Why I think plastic pollution is a global problem and how it is affecting the environment. So today I am going to tell you how plastic continues to affect the environment and sea life around us.

Why plastic is horrible for the environment and our sea life. Firstly Plastic is again very bad for the Environment and to make things worse plastic normally takes up to 1000 years just to decompose in landfills.  And it is especially horrible when plastic ends up in the ocean, but most of the time, it came from the dump or just came from people who do not put their rubbish in the bin. 

Secondly, floating plastic is another big problem because floating plastic has been found in many seas and oceans everywhere and inside of fish, birds, turtles, and even around turtles necks.

But I have been asking myself how we can fix this by picking up rubbish and putting it in the bin so it might not go in the ocean.

Did you know that you are put around a credit card worth of plastic in your body a day?

Lastly, this plastic pollution has been sadly known to cause cancer and birth defects because plastic is in the ocean the fish eat the plastic and we eat the fish. But lately plastic pollution has really been affecting the human food chain. By how much plastic we use a day and to answer your question we use more than half a billion plastic straws every day.

So, in conclusion, I think we should look out for our environment and or sea life and look where we put our plastic.

 

By Carla-Rose