Sunday, December 18, 2011

DANGERS OF PLASTIC WASTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT


Netizen - One of the factors that cause environmental damage to this day still remains a "homework" for the nation of Indonesia is a factor of plastic waste disposal. Plastic bag litter has become a dangerous and difficult to manage.
It may take tens or even hundreds of years to make the former garbage bag really broken down. But the problem is the negative impact of plastic waste were functioning well. So if you know of any danger caused by plastic bags for the environment?
It took 1000 years for plastic to decompose by soil decomposed or broken down completely. 
This is a very long time. When biodegradable, plastic particles will contaminate soil and groundwater.
If burned, plastic trash will produce toxic fumes that are harmful to health that is if the process is not perfect combustion, the plastic will break down in the air as dioxin.These compounds are highly dangerous if inhaled human. 
The impact among others lead to cancer, hepatitis, swelling of the liver, nervous system disorders and trigger depression.
Plastic bags also cause flooding, due to clogging of water channels, embankments. 
Thus resulting in even the worst flood damage to the turbine reservoir. An estimated, 500 million to one billion plastic bags used worldwide each year. If the waste is spread then, can wrap the earth's surface at least up to 10 times! Try to imagine so fantastic plastic trash that has been too high on our earth. And do you know? Every year, about 500 billion - 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide. It is estimated that each person spends 170 plastic bags each year (multiply by the number of people your town!) More than 17 billion plastic bags given out free by supermarkets throughout the world each year. Plastic bags began to bloom in use since the entry of supermarkets in big cities.
Plastic waste can cause climate change? 
Since the production process until the stage of disposal, waste plastic emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Plastics production activities require about 12 million barrels of oil and 14 million trees annually. The production process is not energy efficient. At the stage of land disposal in landfill (landfill), waste plastic greenhouse gas issue.

Plastic Waste Fact:
• Plastic is very difficult destroyed by nature and also difficult to recycle. 
Any plastic waste is disposed of, just be destroyed in 200-400 years time! When biodegradable, plastic particles will contaminate soil and groundwater.
• Although cheap and often given away free, plastic is made using petroleum. 
Energy sources are scarce and much-needed human. In the UK alone, you need 2 billion barrels of oil for industrial plastic bags. At the end of the used oil is wasted because the plastic bags were used only once or twice and then mounting in shelters waste, polluting the environment.
• Plastic waste is very dangerous for some animals. 
In Australia recorded more than 100,000 animals consisting of birds, whales, seals and turtles, die each year because of swallowing or tangled in plastic debris. Worse yet, after the bodies of dead animals have been unraveled, the plastic waste will be free again to nature.
• When burned, plastic trash will produce toxic fumes that are harmful to health that is if the process is not perfect pembakaranya, the plastic will break down in the air as dioxin.These compounds are highly dangerous if inhaled human. 
The impact among others lead to cancer, hepatitis, swelling of the liver, nervous system disorders and trigger depression.
• Plastics are composed of polymers. 
In the manufacturing process, go put a kind of fabric softener (plasticizers) in order to smooth textured plastic, pliable and easily molded. But if used with a plastic food wrap, plasticizers can contaminate food. Especially if the food is packaged still hot, the plasticizers and the monomer-monomer and move more quickly out into the food then enters the body.
• Plastic bags crackle which we used to wear everyday in fact contain carcinogenic substances harmful because it comes from the recycling process of doubtful cleanliness.Substance dyed can also seep into the food wrapped and become toxic.
• Plastic waste from agriculture and the world each year to reach 100 million tons. 
If the plastic waste is spread, its length could wrap the earth up to ten times.
Then, what is the solution to overcome a plastic garbage bag?
One of them with campaign efforts to prevent global warming. 
Garbage bags of plastics has become a serious enemy to the preservation of the environment. If the former garbage bags left on the ground, he will become a significant pollutant. When burned, the waste would significantly increase the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Reduce use of plastic bags right now and use cloth bags every time you shop. 
If you only buy a little, put the groceries into the bag. Remind the person's house or your friends to always carry a cloth bag when shopping. Contact supermarkets, malls and bookstores subscription you to stop providing plastic bags.
But as a member of the Board of Experts expressed the Board of Forestry and environmental watchdog Tatar Sunda (DPLKTS) Sobirin, processing of waste into the best solution. 
If the household or the smallest communities in the environment have not been able to cultivate it, recycled, then sorting the best small steps. Regardless of the effort and the effort, according to my personal opinion it will die back to individuals each.And consciousness left, walking determine whether or not the steps that have been recommended.
So remember, do not burn plastic trash because if waste is burned, toxins are present in the waste will pollute the air including the air we breathe can make us sick. 
Do not bury waste plastic due to toxins in the waste will seep or seep into the soil and make the water present in the soil will be polluted as well as the surrounding environment. Do not dispose of plastic waste, because the toxins that exist in the trash can pollute the environment around us, living things and our environment will be damaged and the toxins will continue to grow everywhere.


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