INTRODUCTION TO MY PROJECT
The start
My goal with this project is to start raising awareness about how harmful the use of plastic is. Its hard to watch how one material is ruining everything so I decided it was time to inform the people in my surroundings about the problematic situation. There's so much, we as humans can do to reduce these horrible circumstances.
FACTS FACTS FACTS
How bad is it ?
Our society produces and uses 300 million tonnes of new plastic a year. Half of this we use just once and usually for less than 12 minutes.
Animals in the oceans are being tortured, killed and punished by our actions. 8 million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in the ocean every year. So much is getting into our ocean that in some places these plastic particles outnumber plankton by a ratio of 26:1.
MORE MORE MORE
I know you might think this is another one of those “plastic is bad, stop using plastic” websites but the thing is you don’t understand how harmful plastic actually is. Over 600 species of marine life are known to suffer directly from plastic pollution and over 90% of seabirds worldwide have plastic pieces in their stomachs which has lead for some bird breeds to go extinct.
I'm telling you that plastic is NOT necessary. You DON’T need it. Once the plastic in in the ocean there is no way back.
HEALTH DESTRUCTION
When plastic breaks down it attracts toxic chemicals which ends up in our food chain. So technically we are eating chemicals and in some cases small particles of plastic. Chemicals on plastic particles have been proven to contribute to some cancers, infertility, behavioural disorders.