Plastic can bring about so many negative changes in humans and animals. There are many examples of this and will continue to be if we don’t stop plastic pollution now. Humans can have heart problems, reproductive problems, and other illnesses due to plastic. If we consciously stop using plastic, we can better the health and future of humans as well as animals’.
Ref: https://www.ehn.org/plastic-environmental-impact-2501923191.html
Plastic not only harms us but the environment we live in. This means that future generations will inherit the mistakes we have made to the planet. Plastics in landfills can slowly decompose while spreading microplastics through the ground, making the land barren and infertile. Along with this, plastic waste in oceans can decompose slowly, with the microplastics flooding the oceans and harming the water and animals, which in turn hurts us.
Ref: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/plastic-planet-how-tiny-plastic-particles-are-polluting-our-soil
Having a relationship with plastic isn’t the best for you or the people around you. Break up with one-time plastic. It may be hard at first, but planning ahead so that you avoid one-time plastic is the key to implement a life without one-time plastic. Developing an anti-plastic opinion can change people around you. When you refuse a plastic bag at the counter, the people in line behind you will be likely to follow suit, and if only a few people start doing this, the results will be exponential. If one person goes against plastic, ten of their friends and family will be affected. Of those ten people, each one of them will influence ten other people, and each one of those ten people will influence ten people, until every community, every state, every country is aware of the effects of plastic and how to stop them.
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DEc16dEMns
So let’s make it a habit. You have to make your break up with a one-time plastic official. Before you go to bed every day, plan for the next day. Pack your bag for school, work, or wherever you are going the next day with metal straws, a fork, and a spoon. If you are going out to eat, make sure to pack reusable utensils, and try to make your meal plastic-free. Making a habit of living without plastic can genuinely change the world for the better. Make sure to ask your family to do the same.