The Impact of Plastic Waste
What are Single-Use Plastics?
Single-use plastics are plastic items that people use on a daily basis, like plastic water bottles or plastic utensils. These items can only be used once, and so take up a lot of space in our environment. Our project hopes to reduce this.
You see, when you throw a piece of trash away, and the garbage can overflows, that trash falls out and is washed through a rain drain. It slips into the ocean, and before you know it that bottle, grocery bag or tin can is being eaten by a turtle, trapping a fish, or cutting a shark's fin.
We, Girl Scout Troop #6495, want to stop all that. But we can't just do it by ourselves! That's why we need your help. Here's how!
Why are Single-use Plastics a Problem?
Why Are Single Use Plastics a Problem? Well, that question gets asked a LOT, and not all people can answer that. I will, so you can finally get an understanding of how bad it is to use single use plastics. Now, what really is single use plastic? Well, single use plastic is where you only use plastic once. Like, for example, you could go to a store and you get plastic forks or spoons and only use them ONCE! Can you believe that? Did you know that plastic does NOT decompose? So... Do you want to guess what that means? I’ll give you a second to guess, TIMES UP! It means that it will float around in the ocean either getting eaten by some sort of sea life and that sea life will most likely die, or float around for all ETERNITY and that's pretty bad (NO JOKE). So, we want you to HELP AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Because Single Use Plastics is a BIG problem.
What YOU Can Do to Help!
There are many ways you can help with the problem of single-use plastics. One way is to, instead of using plastic bags, use another container like tupperware or a reusable snack bag. Another trick is to wash plastic bags. yup! you can wash plastic bags, just like dishes (but not in the dishwasher).
