What should we do to prohibit and restrict plastic?
Plastic products are widely used in many fields such as agriculture, industry, construction, packaging and residential life due to their light weight, wear resistance, low cost, good insulation and other characteristics. However, due to the uncontrolled use of disposable non-degradable plastic products by human beings, the environment is polluted. How terrible is plastic garbage? Where did the plastic garbage you threw away go? What can we do to reduce plastic waste?
Why is it so necessary to ban and restrict plastic?
Let's look at this set of data:
Global average consumption of 1 million plastic bags per minute
Global total annual plastic consumption is 400 million tons
China's consumption exceeds 60 million tons
At present, only 14% of plastic packaging in the world is recycled
However, only 10% of them are effectively recycled
About 8 million tons of plastic waste enter the sea every year
All of them add up to 420 circles around the earth
How terrible is plastic garbage?
More than 100000 marine animals per year
Death due to entanglement or ingestion of plastic bags
Their living space is occupied by garbage
Food is filled with garbage
Maybe a garbage
Will lead to the extinction of marine life
These are thrown into the sea
The degradation time of plastic bags is 200~1000 years
Plastic landfill takes up a lot of land,
And the soil of the occupied land is polluted and cannot be restored for a long time
Where did the plastic garbage you threw away go?
About 8 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into the sea every year
Scientists once reported in the British journal Science Report that,
More than 80000 tons of garbage are floating in the Pacific garbage belt,
Mainly plastic products such as plastic bottles and bags,
These "plastic monsters" cover an area of nearly 1.6 million square kilometers,
It's shocking!
"For our humanity
Non-standard production, use and disposal of plastics
Will cause waste of resources and energy,
Bring ecological pollution and increase the pressure on resources and environment
Even affect people's health and safety
Reduce plastic waste and protect the environment from these small things
◆ Prepare a reusable shopping bag and take it with you whenever you go shopping.
◆ To limit the amount of bottled water, it is better to prepare a reusable water bottle. Statistics show that more than 1 million bottles of drinking water are sold worldwide every minute. Bottled water is one of the main sources of plastic waste.
◆ Discard disposable coffee cups and buy a good-looking and practical thermos cup. Disposable coffee cup covers are mostly plastic products.
◆ Eat less chewing gum, because they contain plastic ingredients and cannot be recycled.
◆ Avoid using cleaning products containing plastic beads. Plastic beads are solid plastic particles with a diameter of less than 5mm, which are widely used in toothpaste, facial cleanser, bath gel and other cleaning products. Microbeads will pollute the environment and destroy the marine ecosystem. No disposable razor.
◆ Replace plastic containers with cardboard boxes.
◆ Use sealed cans and fresh-keeping boxes to save food, and discard fresh-keeping bags.
◆ Do not use plastic straw. If you really need it, you can choose paper straws or edible straws made of seaweed.
◆ Order meals according to needs, and implement strict economy. If there is any surplus or takeaway, try to use
