Reducing Plastic Materials: Impact on Environment and Sustainability

Introduction to Visual Culture

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ESSAY.............................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The essay is based on environment and sustainability, it provides a clarity about how to
reduce the plastic materials and what are its impact on environment. It is necessary to recycle the
plastic materials in order to reduce the pollution of environment. Plastic creates a great impact on
environment as it takes long time to decompose. When the plastic products are perished under
sunlight it released toxic substances which are harmful for the environment and human.
Sustainability is a process of meeting the needs without influencing the natural resources of
environment (Milios and et. al., 2018). Thus, sustainability is important for reducing the plastic
materials as it helps in enhancing liveability and also foster environmental responsibility.
ESSAY
Environment generally defined the number of living and non-living elements and their
influence on human life. There are mainly three types of environment such as natural
environment, human environment and physical environment. There are various causes of
environment such as pollution, global warming, waste disposal, loss of biodiversity, usage of
plastic and various others. Use of plastic materials is one of the negative causes on environment.
People generally use plastic bags to carry their clothes or food items which they brought from
shops. They use plastic bags even though they know the negative effect of plastic on human as
well as animal’s life. The plastic materials become one of the major items in solid waste which
results in negative environment effects including blockage of channels or river, animal choking,
landscape disfigurement and pollution (Queiroz and et. al., 2020). These are the few reasons due
to which people have raised their voice to ban the use of plastic.
The impact of plastic bags on environment is that it takes several years to decompose. It
also releases toxic substances into soil when plastic is perishing under sunlight. If the plastic
materials are burned it releases toxic substances into air causing ambient air pollution. It is being
also analyzed that the use of plastic also leads to cancerous disease. Thus, it is important to
decompose the plastic bags as if they are properly disposed it can create an impact on
environment by causing stormwater drain blockages and littering. Through plastic, animals also
get affected as they generally confuse the bags for food and consume it which blocks their
digestive process. Animals consume the plastic materials which may cause choking, starvation,
infection, mortality, reduced reproductive success and laceration. Plastic are also presented in