It is inevitable to encounter news about environmental pollution during this period of globalization. One of the biggest factors for pollution in our environment is plastic wastes. If you want, let's see what plastic is and why it has such a big place in our lives. Plastics are synthetic materials used for various purposes. Plastic materials are among our indispensable items in daily life. There is plastic in our toothbrushes, the television we watch, the CDs we use, and even the keyboard I use to write this article. Well, do you know how such widely used plastic is obtained?
Plastic is obtained from materials such as natural gas and petroleum. In other words, substances that meet 80% of the world's energy needs are the building blocks of the products we use today. Do you believe that oil will not run out with such consumption? Oil and natural gas are limited resources in the world and are not renewable. These sources are the sediments that are formed as a result of the pressure on the living remains under the soil. Even if alternatives to oil and natural gas are being developed in the energy field, there is no alternative for plastic production. However, plastic is a recyclable substance and is open to reproduction. It is processed in recycling facilities and separated until the building block is obtained. Then, the building blocks obtained are melted and new products are produced. But how much do we recycle plastics?
The place of plastic waste in our environment is very large as the place of plastic in our lives. We do not recycle the plastic that we use as packaging and packaging, on the contrary, we leave it to their fate in nature. With the plastic we waste in one day, we cause 1500 dollars to disappear from the world economy every day. Let's think about what we can do with 1500 dollars if you want. For example, with this money, you can enroll in a course abroad and learn new languages. Why would you waste it when this money can be used for purposes like this?
To summarize, plastic materials have an important place in our lives. It is okay for plastic to have an important place in our lives, but since we do not know what to do when plastic becomes waste, there are major environmental and economic disasters. How do we say stop these disasters? You can find the continuation of this subject in my next articles.
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