Environmental and health impacts plastic waste
plastic pollution crisis The plastic pollution crisis that is occurring in the world today. As stated in the article plastic pollution has become one of the worlds greatest issues today. Not only is it affecting the air we breathe, the water we drink from, and even the food we consume plastic has become the hardest thing to get rid of. Not only is it the problem that we cant get rid of plastics the problem is that bigger more advanced infrastructure countries are sending there plastics to the countries that have no infrastructure or any way of solving the plastic crisis other than attempting to burn the plastics which is causing major health defects and issues. The reason why plastics are a problem is the convenience that they provide as stated in the article " The conveniences plastics offer, however, led to a throw-away culture that reveals the material’s dark side: today, single-use plastics account for 40 percent of the plastic p...