Why Plastic Is Environmental Unfriendly

Plastic is hard to recycle and takes a really damn long time to decompose (bad biodegradability). It is also a huge problem as plastics become a pollution in the seas, lakes, and rivers.

Every year, 19-23 million tons of plastic garbage are dumped into the aquatic ecosystems.

Plastic are made from fossil fuel that is unrenewable.

This is the reason why most countries shifted to use paper bags as an alternative. Paper bags are made from wood cellulose, a renewable resource.

Paper bags are also more environment friendly, it is easy to recycle and does not leave any harmful toxins to the environment like plastics that may create microplastics.

Moreover, the production of plastics also unhealthy for the environment. The extraction of fossil fuel, The production and the distribution, it continues to emit greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.