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    Plastic does not seem to directly affect human health but can harm other animal life and pollute the environment when dumped. Birds and turtles often mistake plastic bags for food and cannot digest them, leading to a slow and painful death. While plastic is convenient due to its lightweight and durability properties, careless disposal of plastic bags can clog drains, contaminate soil and groundwater, and kill animals that ingest them. Completely biodegradable plastics made from renewable sources need to be developed and commercialized to provide alternatives to traditional plastics that can take hundreds of years to degrade. Reducing plastic usage and properly disposing of and recycling plastics can help curb environmental pollution.

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    Plastic does not seem to directly affect human health but can harm other animal life and pollute the environment when dumped. Birds and turtles often mistake plastic bags for food and cannot digest them, leading to a slow and painful death. While plastic is convenient due to its lightweight and durability properties, careless disposal of plastic bags can clog drains, contaminate soil and groundwater, and kill animals that ingest them. Completely biodegradable plastics made from renewable sources need to be developed and commercialized to provide alternatives to traditional plastics that can take hundreds of years to degrade. Reducing plastic usage and properly disposing of and recycling plastics can help curb environmental pollution.

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    Plastic does not seem to directly affect human health but can harm other animal life and pollute the environment when dumped. Birds and turtles often mistake plastic bags for food and cannot digest them, leading to a slow and painful death. While plastic is convenient due to its lightweight and durability properties, careless disposal of plastic bags can clog drains, contaminate soil and groundwater, and kill animals that ingest them. Completely biodegradable plastics made from renewable sources need to be developed and commercialized to provide alternatives to traditional plastics that can take hundreds of years to degrade. Reducing plastic usage and properly disposing of and recycling plastics can help curb environmental pollution.

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    Toxic Plastics ---

    Fact or Myth?
    www.manavata.org 1
    FACT OR MYTH?
    When you eat or drink things stored in plastic, is plastic
    incorporated into you?

    MYTH
     Plastic does not seem to affect human health; HOWEVER, it
    can dangerously effect other animal life and alter the
    environmental (air, water, and soil) causing hazardous pollution
    when it is dumped into the environment.

    2
    Can Plastics Kill?
    • Birds and turtles are killed every
    year from plastic bag litter in the
    aquatic environment as they often
    mistake plastic bags for food.

    • Plastic bags, once ingested,


    cannot be digested or passed by an
    animal so it stays in the gut.

    • Plastic in an animal’s gut can


    prevent food digestion and can lead
    to a very slow and painful death.

    3
    Plastics: Friend or Foe?
    Plastic is ubiquitous in our lives because it is convenient and
    Relatively inexpensive. It is convenience comes from being
    lightweight and its ability to absorb impact shock without breaking,
    which on its own merit, is hard to argue with.
    Plastics are so versatile in use that their impacts the
    environment are extremely wide ranging, posing serious challenge for
    disposal

    4
    When Can It Become a Problem?
    Careless disposal of plastic bags chokes drains, blocks
    the porosity of the soil, and causes problems for groundwater
    recharge.. Due to its non-biodegradable nature,
    littering of plastics causes irreversible damage to the
    environment.

    Municipalities routinely receive reports


    of death of cows and other animals from
    ingesting plastic bags.

    5
    ALTERNATIVES

    Plastic bags take between 15 to 1000 years to degrade.


    The chemical pollutants released from them are a Serious Threat
    to be Tackled.

    Designing eco-friendly, biodegradable plastics is the need of


    the hour. Though partially biodegradable plastics have been
    developed and used, completely biodegradable plastics based on
    renewable starch rather than petrochemicals have only recently
    been developed and are in the early stages of commercialization.

    Paper , Cloth, Jute, Cane, etc.,


    are the most preferable but still
    controversial

    6
    To save your environment and thereby
    your self ---
    Say NO to plastic check-out bags whilst
    shopping and buy reusable bags or bring
    your own for your shopping instead

    •Use of Glass / Ceramic instead of


    plastic in Microwave.

    • Replace plastic travel mugs with stainless


    steel for hot beverages.

    • When you can’t avoid plastic, check container bottoms for recycling
    codes (in triangle with chasing arrows). Choose those easily recycled.
    OUR RESPONSIBILITY

    It's impossible to eliminate most plastic from


    daily life, but it's prudent for our health and
    that of our environment to curb the use of
    some.

    Overall reduction in plastic usage, proper


    management for disposal and public awareness
    would bring a great difference in present
    situation.
    •Separate, Store. and hand over for proper
    recycling or disposal.
    •Do not let plastic litter the environment.
    www.manavata.org SAVE EARTH
    www.manavata.org 9

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