Plastic Packaging: Advantages, Disadvantages and Recycling

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The use of plastic has been a debate for quite some time, with both the advantages and
disadvantages of the material being explained quite clearly. The advantages being in regard to its
lightness in weight, cheap and easily available. These plastics can be easily molded into different
products that are later sold to customers. According to Guo (2017), 98% of houses worldwide
have plastic items. This is because it is the most widely used material. However, over recent
years, scientists and environmentalists have come out with evidence of the dangers that the very
same product has brought. With evidence of the inability of plastic to decompose, these groups
have proven that the continuous use of plastic is dangerous to the environment and in the long
run, poses a threat to the existence of human beings. These have been one of the most interesting
talks that have been discussed by world leaders at the United Nations Climate Summits
(Huysman, 2015, pp57).
Over the years, countries have even come up to ban the use of certain plastic material due
to its effects on the environment. To address this issue, there has been numerous suggestions.
However, there are two of them that stand out whenever people are discussing on recycling. That
is reusing and recycling.
Reusing is the process by which an individual makes good use of something they already
have rather than buy the same product. This approach of trying to tame environmental
degradation, is mainly aimed at the final consumers. A country can come up with ways of
ensuring this happens through increasing tax rates on the purchase of these plastic equipment.
This method can be considered as a "long shot" because it does not prevent the purchase of the
same products. The only thing it does is to ensure there is a slight reduction in the number of
plastics that are being bought.
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