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long time. But that isn't the only problem. Another consequence of plastic waste is that the waste comes into the oceans and animals think that is something to eat or something they can play with so they probably die or get hurt when they play with it. An example for that are dolphins who play with a plastic bag and use it as a football. It's possible that the plastics carries dangerous toxins that gets into the oceans and that could also be a cause of more dying animals. Dirty oceans are such a problem because they are the lungs of the planet and they are providing far more oxygen than all the rainforests. Now to the ideas how we can reduce plastic waste: The first thing is that we shouldn't use plastic bags anymore. If we use one reusable bag it would save 300 plastic bags per year. The second tip is to go to a plastic free shop with your own package and fill it with everything you want without buying any plastic. Another thing that you could do is stop buying plastic straws and also stop buying fruits and vegetables who are packed in extra plastic. Next time we maybe think twice if we can use less plastic to save the planet and the animals. Plastic waste Dienstag, 9. März 2021 08:35 Did you know that 17.600.000.000 (Billion) pounds of plastic are dumped in the sea's every year? Plastic waste is a big problem in the whole world and today I I want to give you a short explanation why it's such a big problem and how we can reduce plastic. - First something general: The world has a plastic problem. Single-use plastic - the kind of stuff we use once and throw away without a second thougt - is more popular than ever. Plastic production has more than tripled since the 90s and it isn't all recycled. Some countries recycle Less than 10% of their plastic and all that plastic has to go somewhere namely, a landfill. Or, worse case scenario, in the ocean. Every year 8 million metric tons of plastic end up in our oceans. That's like unloading a garbage truck full of plastic into the ocean every minute. That causes that right now there are literal islands of plastic clogging¹ up to the Ocean. Plastic isn't compostable what means that if we just throw our waste in the nature for example in a wood the plastic lasts at least 400 years. That's a big problem because 400 years are a very long time. But that isn't the only problem. Another consequence of plastic waste is that it comes into the oceans and animals think that it is something to eat or something they can play with so they probably die or get hurt when they play with it. An example for this are dolphins who play with a plastic bag and use it as a football. It's possible that the plastics carries dangerous toxins that gets in the oceans and that could also be a cause of more diying animals. Dirty oceans are only such a problem because they are the lungs of the planet and they are providing far more oxygen than all the rainforests. Now to the ideas how we can reduce plastic waste: The first thing is that we shouldn't use plastic bags anymore. If we use 1 reusable bag it saves 300 plastic bags per person, per year in the us. The second tip is to go to a plastic free shop with your own package and fill it with everything you want without buying plastic. Next time you may be think twice if you can use less plastic to save the planet and the animals. "verstopfen