Plastic Pollution

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River Water Pollution - A New Threat to India: A Case ...

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River Water Pollution - A New Threat to India: A Case Study of River Ganga 5 ... amount of plastic and chemicals further add to the pollution of the water. The River is also used for throwing the half burnt dead bodies and animal carcass which add to the pollution of the water.

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Plastic Bag Pollution - Los Angeles County, California

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plastic bags every year. That's one bag per person every four and half days. Of those 500 billion bags, 100 billion are consumed in the United States alone. Pollution Plastic bags are difficult and costly to recycle and most end up on landfill sites where they take around 300 years to photodegrade.

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SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

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Plastic packaging accounts for nearly half of all plastic waste globally, and much of it is thrown away within just a few minutes of its first use. Much plastic may be single-use, but that does not mean it is easily disposable. When discarded in landfills or in the environment, plastic can take up to a thousand years to decompose.

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Sustainability

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c a. Plastic waste. Discuss the impact plastic waste has on the environment (land, water, air). Learn a bout the num ber system for plastic rec yclables, and determ ine wh ich plastics are m ore com m only recycle d. Find out what the trash vortex is and how it was formed. Sustainability - Merit Badge Workbook Page 15 of 21

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