1, encroachment of too much land: plastic waste in nature also stay a long time, generally up to 200 - 400 years, some up to 500 years.
2, pollution of the air: plastic, paper and dust flying with the wind.
3, pollution of water: river, sea water floating on the surface of the plastic bottles and lunch boxes, above the water surface of the tree branches hanging plastic bags, bread paper, etc., not only cause environmental pollution, but also if the animals accidentally eat the white garbage will hurt the health, and even because of its digestive tract can not be digested and starve to death alive.
4. White trash can be a nest for pests, providing food, shelter and breeding grounds for rats, birds and mosquitoes, and the residue is often the source of infectious diseases.
5, waste plastic packaging into the environment, because it is difficult to degrade, resulting in long-term, deep ecological problems. Waste plastic packaging mixed in the soil, affecting crop absorption of nutrients and water, will lead to crop yield reduction; if livestock eat plastic film, will cause livestock digestive diseases, and even death.
6, because of the large volume, so the landfill will breed bacteria, pollution of groundwater.
Expanded InformationReduce plastic waste to protect the environment, from these ten small things to do:
1, prepare a can be reused shopping bags, as long as the outbound shopping with.
2. Limit the amount of bottled water you drink, and prepare a recyclable water bottle. Data shows that more than 1 million bottles of drinking water are sold every minute worldwide. Bottled water is one of the main sources of plastic waste.
3, abandoned disposable coffee cups, buy a good-looking and practical insulation cup. Most disposable coffee cup lids are plastic.
4, do not use plastic lighters, use matches.
5, less chewing gum, because they contain plastic ingredients, and certainly can not be recycled.
6. Avoid toiletries that contain plastic microbeads. Plastic microbeads are solid plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in diameter, and are widely used in toiletries such as toothpaste, facial cleansers, and shower gels. Microbeads can pollute the environment and damage marine ecology.
7, do not use disposable razors.
8, use cardboard boxes instead of plastic containers.
9, the use of sealed jars, preservation boxes to save food, abandon the preservation bag.
10, do not use plastic straws. If you really need to, choose paper straws or edible straws made from seaweed.
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