Beyond the Surface, The Silent Threat of Plastic on the Environment

Did you ever feel the urge to escape from the daily life chaos to a beautiful beach where the waves gently lapping at the shore? It’s a kind of a scene that everyone of us need to escape our stressful days. Now, shift your focus to another scene where the plastic bottles thrown on the shore and the plastic bags are floating on the ocean, making the world in a great shock from how the plastic has reached to become a great threat to our environment. Plastic is already an integral part of our daily life, but a lot of people turn blind eye on how dangerous plastic could negatively affect the oceans and the environment. In this blog, we will unravel how plastic is a great threat to our environment, dives deep into the consequences of plastic pollution that extend far beyond what meets our eyes. 

Plastic nowadays become a main issue in every aspect of our life. There are estimated that 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic enters the ocean and about 269,000 tons floating on the surface. The core of the problem is clear, every single use of the plastic create more danger than it's helpful. The pollution of plastic not only harm the environment surface, it also harms the nature because it pollutes the oceans and the water, puts animals and marine life into great risks and it threats the balance of the ecosystem contributing a wide range of environmental issues. The problems of plastic are unseen and a lot of us are unaware of how it's damaging our life and the future so, we need to be fully aware and try to understand that the convenience of using plastic come with a cost and its the time to change and learn more about its other negative side.

The Unseen Impact of Micro-plastics Contamination:

Imagine the world where a very little pieces of plastics weave their way into the nature without us feeling this and have no idea what it could cause. Those tiny pieces of plastic are called micro-plastics. Micro-plastics are little particles of plastics, often its 5 milliliter or less that results from the breaking down the large pieces of plastic as bottles or bags and this little particles begin to weave their ways to our oceans, water and even soil. Not all of us will see this as a serous danger, this is because we are not aware of the full story of how micro plastics could harm our lives. These micro-plastics sneaks to the oceans and the marine life mistake them as their food and it leads to the loss of biodiversity later on. All of these unseen threats make people lack the knowledge of how these micro plastics could threat our life now and on the long-term. 

 

Unveiling the Consequences of Plastic on the Land Pollution :

As plastic decomposes and turns into micro plastics as we said, it releases harmful emissions contributes to land pollution. The toxins of plastic reach the soil and get soaked into it so this affects the growth of plants and it may lead to toxicity in plants. This may make a mess in the balance of the ecosystem, not only harming the plants and the soil but also harming the animals eating this plants. This pollution is not only scars the surface of the environment and damage the beauty of the nature, but it also affect the health of the environment beneath the surface. Additionally, this will negatively impact on the human on the long-term with a very harmful diseases. 

The impact of plastic on the environment may be unseen to some of us and make us feel that there is no clue for this issue, but if we give ourselves a chance to make a significant change by reducing the use of plastic in our daily life, it will definitely makes a change. It's crucial to understand the consequences of the plastic and how it damage the ecosystem and gaining more knowledge about it will help all of us to feel the negative reflection on reality. The information in this blog will help many people to know more and it may change their attitude towards plastic, working on to make a positive change. Together, we can address the plastic negative impact on our environment and it's our responsibility to make the world greener and sustainable. Follow us "Plasteeka" on Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok for more inspiring content addressing the challenges of plastic and its impact from different point of views to be a part of us and make a movement for a healthier environment.