Plastics And Petroleum And Microbeads, Effects On Humans And The Environment

In fact, many of the major plastics used today began when commissioned to be used for the war effort (Freinkel, 6). When plastic was first brought to The United States, the American people loved it. Not only can plastic imitate other materials, but it is also much more affordable. Overall, plastic is cheap. The leap in plastic produced from the ‘40s until now is extremely substantial. For instance, in 1940 plastic was hardly used, in 1960 a single American used close to 30 pounds of plastic per year, today each individual uses more than 300 pounds of plastic per year (Freinkel, 6). A major impact on the amount of plastic used is directly related to the way Americans, starting in the 1940s, were now able to mass produce plastic products. For instance, a single plastic comb making machine could reproduce ten combs in less than one minute (Freinkel, 22). Overall, plastic is relatively inexpensive and it is made for mass manufacture. Considering this it is east to see why plastic became so popular in the first place, it was a plastic miracle. However, there is a direct relationship between the amount of plastic produced and the amount of plastics that are being polluted into the

Every year, millions of tons of plastic are tossed into the ocean, harming all types of marine animals as well as the environment. Hundreds of marine mammals like whales and dolphins are found washed ashore filled with bottle caps, plastic bags and basically anything they can swallow. Not only does plastic pollution harm marine life, but it affects the entire ecosystem. If a predator is dependent on a certain species for prey and the predator has a role in the environment, it is important for the prey to not be disturbed by pollution. If that species of prey were to go extinct, then the predator species could be seriously impacted as a result. These problems warrant the need for more research into the magnitude and causes of plastic

Plastic bags begin as crude oil, natural gases, or other petrochemical derivatives. By some estimates almost 12 million barrels of petroleum oil are used to make 100 billion plastic bags. One solution is to stop using plastic bags. Plastic bag bans are spreading across the country with over 100 community bag bans across 16 states. Hawaii right now is the only state in the nation to adopt a full statewide ban. Internationally,19 countries from Bangladesh to Ireland have passed bans. Reducing plastic bag usage and shoppers to use reusable bags will help decrease our demand for a new fossil fuel and reduce our environmental impact. As a nation we need to begin to move away from the concepts of single use and waste. Plastic is made from oil.

The ocean’s vast marine life is dying more and more each year due to plastic. Over 100,000 marine animals die each year from plastic entanglement and ingestion says Gianna Andrews, author of the 2012 “Plastic in our Oceans Affecting Human Health” on ser.carlton. Chemicals in the plastic are also intoxicating the marine life. Reducing the use of plastic could save thousands of sea animals and make our ocean a cleaner place. There are many questions concerning our ocean, like how much plastic is in our ocean? What are the effects? How do we stop it? These questions will be answered by explaining and describing our ocean’s plastic.

The book discusses the origin of plastic; John Wesley Hyatt created one of the first synthetic plastic materials, celluloid, in 1869 (Freinkel, 2011, p. 16). His invention made it easier to create things at a much cheaper cost. As Freinkel puts it, “It helped fuel a growing demand for things, period” (Freinkel, 2011, p. 19). Ever since the growth of the plastic industry, our world has become one in which plastic is normal. In the introduction of her book, Freinkel walks around for a day recording everything

For many decades plastic was used for numerous things such as water bottles to tires. But what concerns researchers now is the conversion of plastic to oil, without the dangers of extracting oil from the Earth. Many of us plastic is a part of our daily lives from retail to the average Joe down the street working on his garage. Some do not realize the dangers of plastic and what it has done to the planet, others, have realized the dangers and are seen as crazy conservationists. Recently, a group of researchers in China have found a way to convert raw plastic to oil. While back at home in the U.S. there are a few companies that have been working on this since the late 90’s and early 2000’s. There are several ways this conversion will benefit you.

Post World War II plastic started to become a way of life. Early plastics were made from cellulose and also known as "green plastics" but most of today's plastics are made of hydrocarbon molecules that is used from the refining of oil and natural gas. Depending on how the plastic is made will decided wheter it's used for something like sandwich wrap or making some sort of plastic handle on a tool.

Plastic pollution is something that has plagued the world for decades, but no one has been able to figure out a viable solution for it, until now. Chãoyùe ping has a solution that first starts out locally, then globally. We are going to create youth groups using fundraisers, and send them out to China to clean beach shores of all of the filth created by big name companies who care nothing of their impact on the environment. The youth groups will also travel by boat out to China’s oceans and drag massive nets through the water to capture as much trash as possible. Many say that Chãoyùe ping can’t complete such a strenuous task, but we know we can. With the help of the community, and the goal to have a better tomorrow for everyone we can achieve any task. Plastic Pollution can be reduced drastically, but the only way we can do that is by we holding those accountable for their contribution to destroying our environment, and getting together as a community and cleaning up our beaches.

Moore found a big problem about how plastic is turning our oceans into plastic. Not many people pay attention to this kind of problem because it's not talk about it a lot. But Moore saw nine years ago about the big problem about plastic and how it hurting out sea animals and us as well. By bringing this problem into our eyes we can now see where all of the plastic we throw away goes too the effects of it.

"Plastic" entered the world through chemistry in 1909 and was originally coined to describe Bakelite, the first fully synthetic resin. What make's plastic so unique is when it is heated it can be molded but it retained its shape when cooled (Reddy, 2010). The modern plastic bag was not possible until the accidental discovery of the first industrially practical method of polyethylene synthesis in 1933. Fast forward to today, the use and

We first started seeing plastics and man-made materials that wouldn’t biodegrade in our lifetimes around the beginning of the 20th century (Harden). These synthetic materials were relatively cheap to produce and would act as very useful instruments to package perishable goods and medicines.

This research question aims to think deeper on the circumstances of the overuse of plastic and paper, and what could happen more to the animals/birds, our environment, and our bodies if consumers keep on using plastic and paper products. This research question should be asked to raise awareness to users and most importantly designers, so they consider using other eco friendly material in designing their products.

With the combination of polymers that don’t biodegrade and mass overproduction, companies are harming the environment in severe ways. Plastic, a material seen everywhere, is a polymer made from oil. It is mass produced to make everything from shampoo bottles to automobiles and does not biodegrade. When it is eventually thrown out, the waste usually finds it way into the ocean, where it is either buried under sediment or eaten by marine life (Weisman 287-295). Creating a material that will ultimately kill marine life will undoubtedly wreak havoc on the

A world without plastic; could you even imagine that? Plastics have been around for longer than many would have ever imagined. Humans have been using naturally derived plastics since the medieval ages. The first synthetic plastic was created in the early 1900s by Leo Baekland when he invented bakelite, which was used to replace shellac as electrical insulation. “This invention led to the birth of the modern plastic era, which led to modern society’s dependency on plastic.” We have plastic coffee cups, K cups, grocery bags, sandwich bags, utensils, water bottles, clothing, shoes, and even furniture. It’s involved in our everyday lives. The United States alone produces approximately 115 billion pounds of new plastic annually.

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