Environmental Impact of Plastics on Water
Common plastics we use that end up in the ocean causes harm. In the Pacific Garbage Patch, 80% of the waste comes from North America and Asia. China and Indonesia are the top sources of plastic bags/bottles-common plastic found in the ocean. Significantly, in 2010, China has an estimated of 8.8 million tons of mismanaged plastic waste and 3.53 million of it became a marine plastic debris. Thinking about it, it’s just from one country. This toxic material we use everyday harms the water bodies, unless, we avoid using single-use plastic bags and disposable bottles we can save our marine life.
North Pacific Gyre-the most polluted ocean in the world. Consuming single-use plastic bags puts our environment into danger. If we don’t act now, you’ll have yourself to blame. Surprisingly, the North Pacific Ocean has an estimated two trillion pieces of plastics that formed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Each year, more than 8 million tonnes of plastics enter the ocean. This is like dumping a garbage truck every minute. These plastics break into smaller pieces called microplastics—51 million microplastics, 500 times more than the stars in our galaxy. Aware people can change people’s thoughts about the impacts of plastics.
Water pollution, animals suffer, people complain. When plastic become microplastics, it is easier for the organisms to swallow it. The Food Chain: starting from the tiniest organism—planktons—wherein they are poisoned due to plastic indigestion, this becomes a problem for the larger species that depend on them. Harming more than 800 species, 40% marine mammals and 44% seabirds. We, people, also consume fishes are affected. Mussels and bivalves are eaten whole without removing the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, it represents a pathway of microplastics to enter the human food chain.
Fatal dangers of plastic in the ocean to every species are growing. Remarkably, toxins from plastic links to cancer, birth defects, immune system problems, childhood development issues, and animal extinction. Ghost-fishing: Birds are tricked by the bright colours of plastics as food. Based on a research, 44% of all seabirds species, along with crustaceans and sea turtles have documented to have plastic debris in/out leading to blockage in the gut, ulceration and suffocation. Learning can change our behaviours of using plastics and littering if we just commit and care for our ocean.
Change is possible for everyone. Being the first to move gives us doubts that is why we are waiting for others to act for us to follow. But this misconception has led us to such pollution: huge debris in the Pacific Ocean and dying organisms. Start today, buy a BPA free tumbler, this saves your money from not buying disposable water bottles every day. Get your eco-bag before going shopping instead of using multiple single-use plastic bags. When we buy something, try not to use plastics. Humans thought that using plastic is very convenient and inexpensive. Think wide and deep. Is it really helping me and everything around?
Water pollution, animals suffer, people complain. When plastic become microplastics, it is easier for the organisms to swallow it. The Food Chain: starting from the tiniest organism—planktons—wherein they are poisoned due to plastic indigestion, this becomes a problem for the larger species that depend on them. Harming more than 800 species, 40% marine mammals and 44% seabirds. We, people, also consume fishes are affected. Mussels and bivalves are eaten whole without removing the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, it represents a pathway of microplastics to enter the human food chain.
Fatal dangers of plastic in the ocean to every species are growing. Remarkably, toxins from plastic links to cancer, birth defects, immune system problems, childhood development issues, and animal extinction. Ghost-fishing: Birds are tricked by the bright colours of plastics as food. Based on a research, 44% of all seabirds species, along with crustaceans and sea turtles have documented to have plastic debris in/out leading to blockage in the gut, ulceration and suffocation. Learning can change our behaviours of using plastics and littering if we just commit and care for our ocean.
Change is possible for everyone. Being the first to move gives us doubts that is why we are waiting for others to act for us to follow. But this misconception has led us to such pollution: huge debris in the Pacific Ocean and dying organisms. Start today, buy a BPA free tumbler, this saves your money from not buying disposable water bottles every day. Get your eco-bag before going shopping instead of using multiple single-use plastic bags. When we buy something, try not to use plastics. Humans thought that using plastic is very convenient and inexpensive. Think wide and deep. Is it really helping me and everything around?
