2nd Blog

 Julius Caulder


  https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/plastic-pollution


Plastic pollution is becoming an increasing issue. Plastic is often rapidly disposed of and ends up not having multi-purpose. Plastic pollution is most noticeable in developing Asian and African nations where garbage collection is non-existent or insufficient. Plastic is made from fossil fuels and I have been around for over centuries. The production of plastic increased after World War II. Plastic offers convenience but it's also influencing throw-away culture which is a materialistic outlook and not healthy for our environment. Many things that are made out of plastic have a short lifespan in our homes and a long life span and our environment for up to hundreds of years.  Most rivers and streams lead to larger seas or oceans. The way the water system works constantly picks things up and moves more trash downstream and into the oceans. Once the plastic has got into the ocean it can be transported anywhere they can end up back through the rivers and coming back down streams or just traveling through the ocean for many years to come. Plastic breaks down at a slow rate and is water-resistant there for making the ocean a great home for the plastic to  survive for many years. Plastic is a bigger concern than I think many people are ready to address. This is 100% man-made problem parsec would never have invaded our environment if humans never would have put it there. It's sad to see our environment and sea life have to be  the ones to suffer from our materialistic human choices.

Comments

  1. Carson CragerSeptember 21, 2021 at 12:20 PM

    Great blog post Julius. This is a very big issue and you did a great job telling and showing us that. It's very unfortunate how much plastic and garbage in general there is in our waters and all over our land. It's also very unfortunate that plastic doesn't break down very easily. Like you said, this means that plastic lingers and stays around for a long time. Overall nice job on this post.

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