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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:20 am
Topic: The earth is being filled with waste material such as plastic bags and other rubbish. Is this really happening? What are some solutions to this problem?
Planet earth is the only natural habitat for the humans to live. With well oxygenated atmosphere and the presence of the ozone layer and water, earth just has all the favourable conditions to proliferate and flourish for the living beings. Due to the revolution for better technology in the recent past, humans have also developed an urge to have a better lifestyle. Day by day the use of non-degradable waste such as plastics and its various forms have been produced and used by humans, but now they do not know what to do when it comes to dumping it?. There is no proper waste management protocol for these kinds of non-degradable waste.
Plastics has become an integral part of the human society. Everything is now made out of plastic, things such as electronics(as it a bad conductor of electricity), vehicle parts, home appliances and fashion accessories. Though it is very useful, the concern is about its disposal. Although, plastic's principal constituent is Carbon, when it is burnt is releases harmful gases and toxins which can pollute the environment and because of the 'Thermosetting property'of plastics it is most likely to be non-recyclable. Due to the extensive use of plastic, production cannot be stopped because we neither have a better alternative for it.
Not only Plastic, other rubbish such as metal scraps, nuclear waste, rubber, glass etc. are also non-degradable upto a certain extent. For example, radioactive waste is buried in the earth's crust as it takes thousand of years to degrade fully. But what about the amount of plastic that the earth's surface carry? According to the stats of 2013, North America itself produced more than 250 million tons of plastic waste. For disposal of this plastic waste, a plan was proposed to dump all the rubbish in the outer space, but the idea was felt to be vague. Sweden on the other hand, is efficiently recycling their waste. plastics recycled to produce plastic raw material, glass is melted into new items. They believe waste is a relatively cheap fuel and hence import thousands of tons of waste from different countries.
In my opinion, plastic recycling is a method to decrease the production of new plastic but it has its own limits.
The world must look towards this matter and take it seriously so that our earth remains green and healthy.
Planet earth is the only natural habitat for the humans to live. With well oxygenated atmosphere and the presence of the ozone layer and water, earth just has all the favourable conditions to proliferate and flourish for the living beings. Due to the revolution for better technology in the recent past, humans have also developed an urge to have a better lifestyle. Day by day the use of non-degradable waste such as plastics and its various forms have been produced and used by humans, but now they do not know what to do when it comes to dumping it?. There is no proper waste management protocol for these kinds of non-degradable waste.
Plastics has become an integral part of the human society. Everything is now made out of plastic, things such as electronics(as it a bad conductor of electricity), vehicle parts, home appliances and fashion accessories. Though it is very useful, the concern is about its disposal. Although, plastic's principal constituent is Carbon, when it is burnt is releases harmful gases and toxins which can pollute the environment and because of the 'Thermosetting property'of plastics it is most likely to be non-recyclable. Due to the extensive use of plastic, production cannot be stopped because we neither have a better alternative for it.
Not only Plastic, other rubbish such as metal scraps, nuclear waste, rubber, glass etc. are also non-degradable upto a certain extent. For example, radioactive waste is buried in the earth's crust as it takes thousand of years to degrade fully. But what about the amount of plastic that the earth's surface carry? According to the stats of 2013, North America itself produced more than 250 million tons of plastic waste. For disposal of this plastic waste, a plan was proposed to dump all the rubbish in the outer space, but the idea was felt to be vague. Sweden on the other hand, is efficiently recycling their waste. plastics recycled to produce plastic raw material, glass is melted into new items. They believe waste is a relatively cheap fuel and hence import thousands of tons of waste from different countries.
In my opinion, plastic recycling is a method to decrease the production of new plastic but it has its own limits.
The world must look towards this matter and take it seriously so that our earth remains green and healthy.