Current methods to help stop plastic waste:
Current methods;
Question: Describe the current methods of plastic waste management.
plastic is made up oils that are not biodegradable, because of this there are not current natural processes in place that can absorb non-biodegradable plastic back into the biological cycle. This means that it cannot be composed or left out to rot because plastic last for decades and even sometimes forever. so the right way to stop plastic waste would be to collected every piece of plastic and have it specially treated, but because this processes is so time-consuming and expensive it's not used often also to collect every piece of plastic ever made is highly improbable.
some plastic methods in place today:
Incineration and Waste to Energy: This process (destroy, especially waste material, by burning.) is very common in European countries because countries like Europe have short limit to access to landfill space, especially when leaders of the international zero-waste movement, who seek to reuse all products, say incineration actually encourages waste and falls short on the energy front. but not many people know this and think it's a bulletproof solution; "recycle all you can and turn the rest into heat or electricity." A quarter of all municipal solids waste is burned in 450 incinerators. This process is not good for the environment and world as it adds to global warming and releases dioxins on of the most carcinogens known.
Recycling and Reusing and Reducing: As we are over consuming, the garbage is creating a growing problem for today's society. which year we are getting better at recycling but at the same time we are creating more garbage. this is a problem we all help to create, but we need more help with the solution, with a little more help we can change habits so that each one of us throws out less garbage. there is is over a tonne of garbage and waste per household each year. what we consume and the packaging it comes in creates a huge amount of waste, so here's some recycling, reusing and reducing tips to help stop the problem.
- Buy products with no packaging.
- Recycle all materials possible.
- Buy and use recycled products.
- Bulk- buy products with a long shelf-life
- Avoid individually wrapped items.
- Choose durable and reusable items rather than disposable ones.
- carry your own water bottle or reuse water bottles.
- Buy products made from recycled materials or with recyclable or reusable packaging.
However recycling, reducing and reusing does not actually address the main issue getting rid of plastic waste.
Landfill: Landfill in the simplest form is a huge hole in the ground that gradually filled up by rubbish to eventually biodegrade over a period of years, but actually because it is made up of particular microbes in cases plastic doesn't biodegrade. so basically the plastic waste just sit in the ground filling up our earth.
Question: Describe the current methods of plastic waste management.
plastic is made up oils that are not biodegradable, because of this there are not current natural processes in place that can absorb non-biodegradable plastic back into the biological cycle. This means that it cannot be composed or left out to rot because plastic last for decades and even sometimes forever. so the right way to stop plastic waste would be to collected every piece of plastic and have it specially treated, but because this processes is so time-consuming and expensive it's not used often also to collect every piece of plastic ever made is highly improbable.
some plastic methods in place today:
Incineration and Waste to Energy: This process (destroy, especially waste material, by burning.) is very common in European countries because countries like Europe have short limit to access to landfill space, especially when leaders of the international zero-waste movement, who seek to reuse all products, say incineration actually encourages waste and falls short on the energy front. but not many people know this and think it's a bulletproof solution; "recycle all you can and turn the rest into heat or electricity." A quarter of all municipal solids waste is burned in 450 incinerators. This process is not good for the environment and world as it adds to global warming and releases dioxins on of the most carcinogens known.
Recycling and Reusing and Reducing: As we are over consuming, the garbage is creating a growing problem for today's society. which year we are getting better at recycling but at the same time we are creating more garbage. this is a problem we all help to create, but we need more help with the solution, with a little more help we can change habits so that each one of us throws out less garbage. there is is over a tonne of garbage and waste per household each year. what we consume and the packaging it comes in creates a huge amount of waste, so here's some recycling, reusing and reducing tips to help stop the problem.
- Buy products with no packaging.
- Recycle all materials possible.
- Buy and use recycled products.
- Bulk- buy products with a long shelf-life
- Avoid individually wrapped items.
- Choose durable and reusable items rather than disposable ones.
- carry your own water bottle or reuse water bottles.
- Buy products made from recycled materials or with recyclable or reusable packaging.
However recycling, reducing and reusing does not actually address the main issue getting rid of plastic waste.
Landfill: Landfill in the simplest form is a huge hole in the ground that gradually filled up by rubbish to eventually biodegrade over a period of years, but actually because it is made up of particular microbes in cases plastic doesn't biodegrade. so basically the plastic waste just sit in the ground filling up our earth.