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Effects and Solutions for Plastic Pollution

The document describes the negative effects of plastic pollution on the environment, including the death of millions of marine animals each year due to ingestion and obstruction of plastic in their digestive systems, as well as the release of toxic chemicals when plastic is released. decomposes that can affect the health of organisms. Some ideas to reduce plastic pollution are also mentioned, such as using cloth balls instead of plastic, saving containers

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Effects and Solutions for Plastic Pollution

The document describes the negative effects of plastic pollution on the environment, including the death of millions of marine animals each year due to ingestion and obstruction of plastic in their digestive systems, as well as the release of toxic chemicals when plastic is released. decomposes that can affect the health of organisms. Some ideas to reduce plastic pollution are also mentioned, such as using cloth balls instead of plastic, saving containers

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Effects of plastic pollution plastic pollution

A) On the floor  Preferably use


fabric balls, to
avoid the use of
plastic.

B) In the air  Save glass


containers to later COURSE:
use them to store Science and Technology
food MEMBERS :
 Kiara Alexa Santos Zapata
 Say No to Sorbets
C) In the oceans  Jonatan Gabriel Apolinario M.
 Gioany Marelly Cárdenas Diaz
 Jhan Rolando Valenzuela Oscco
 Avoid products
Disposable TEACHER:
Susana Alania Tello
D) About marine animals
Year:
 Buy food in bulk
and avoid excess
2019
Plastic Pollution
packaging
Pollution contributes to the deaths of
E) About human beings “Year of Dialogue and National
Reconciliation ” millions of people each year. It also
threatens wildlife and plants and can
I.E. 2049 devastate entire ecosystems.

Ideas to reduce PLASTIC


POLLUTION
Urbanization and population growth.
 Plastics are cheap and affordable to
manufacture.

Plastic pollution, in particular, is


considered one of the main current
causes of damage to the environment
and health, contributing, for example, But not only physical dangers lurk.
to the reduction of biodiversity, the Decomposition processes release
contamination of dangerous ingredients such as  Reckless disposal.
groundwater and bisphenol A, phthalates or flame  Slow decomposition rate.
oceans, the retardants, which can accumulate in  Naval and fishing industry.
degradation of the food chain and have long-lasting
landscapes and effects on the genomic and hormonal
increased risk of balance of marine organisms.
flooding. However,
the numbers of production and Causes of plastic pollution
incorrect disposal of this material do  Plastic is used almost everywhere.
not stop growing.
Impact on the environment
The remnants of our disposable society
kill up to 100,000 marine mammals and
a million seabirds each year. Animals
starve with full stomachs, as plastic
clogs the digestive system, whales and
dolphins, but also turtles, get trapped
in old fishing nets, drown or suffer
serious injuries in attempts to free
themselves.

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