What really happens when you throw away plastic bottles.
Origins of plastic- Oil ans gas molecules were chemically bonded, to create plastic pellets that could be melted and then molded into a shape.
The discarding of plastic goes unrecognized and is a common occurrence for the average person. Most plastic bottles end up in a landfill. Being compacted by other trash, much of the plastic gets doused in rain. When water is combined with the substances in the plastic, many of them can be harmful to the ecosystem. It can seep into soil, groundwater, and even streams. This destroys wildlife because of the harmful substances in the tainted water, also known as leachate. If a bottle or any other plastic is brought out to the ocean it comes, eventually, to a kind of a landfill if you will, however these landfills are in the middle of the ocean. These are then broken down, but they are not forgotten about. The plastic is broken down into "micro-plastics". These are then consumed by fish and those fish die of starvation because they feel full. When recycled, the plastic is brought to a factory where it is compacted, shredded, washed, and then restart the cycle of being burned and formed once again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6xlNyWPpB8
The discarding of plastic goes unrecognized and is a common occurrence for the average person. Most plastic bottles end up in a landfill. Being compacted by other trash, much of the plastic gets doused in rain. When water is combined with the substances in the plastic, many of them can be harmful to the ecosystem. It can seep into soil, groundwater, and even streams. This destroys wildlife because of the harmful substances in the tainted water, also known as leachate. If a bottle or any other plastic is brought out to the ocean it comes, eventually, to a kind of a landfill if you will, however these landfills are in the middle of the ocean. These are then broken down, but they are not forgotten about. The plastic is broken down into "micro-plastics". These are then consumed by fish and those fish die of starvation because they feel full. When recycled, the plastic is brought to a factory where it is compacted, shredded, washed, and then restart the cycle of being burned and formed once again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6xlNyWPpB8
Plastic bottles get thrown out because recycle companies can't afford to separate all the recycling material so the employees make it easier on themselves by simply throwing it out.
ReplyDeletePeople should be educated better about what happens to their trash after they throw it away. This may help people be more mindful about the consequences of their actions.
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