The Bad Side of Plastic and How to Deal With It
In this era, humans cannot be separated from
the name plastic. Plastics are always used in a variety of daily needs, for
example for drinks and food, shopping and much more. Plastic is used because it
is lightweight, not easily broken, cheap, and easy to get. But many people are
not aware of the dangers caused by the use of plastic on the environment,
because a lot of the recommended plastic is only for single use. This has a
negative impact on the environment. Overuse of plastic will result in pollution
of plastic waste.
One factor that causes damage to the
environment which until now is a factor in the disposal of plastic waste.
Plastic bags have become dangerous and difficult to manage waste. It takes
decades or even hundreds of years to make the plastic waste completely
biodegradable. But the problem is the negative impact caused by plastic waste
which has a huge impact on the environment. Disposal of careless plastic waste
will cause siltation of the river and clogged river flow that causes flooding.
In addition, the negative impact of plastic waste is the contamination of
groundwater and soil, plastic bags will interfere with the absorption of water
into the soil, reduce soil fertility, poisons from plastic particles that enter
the soil will kill decomposing animals in the soil such as worms and animals -
animals can get entangled in plastic waste.
Plastic waste buildup is certainly not
allowed. The handling of plastic waste by burying it in the ground is certainly
not a good solution considering its nature which is difficult to decompose with
nature, especially by burning it where when the combustion process is produced
chemicals that are harmful to humans. There are several ways to cope with
plastic waste in addition to burying or burning it, namely furokushi and
fabrication.
Furokushi is a technique of wrapping and
carrying items with a square cloth. The size of Boenthelan varies depending on
the size of the item to be wrapped or carried. The wrap technique varies,
Boenthelan can also carry items such as books, bottles, etc. With the technique
of using boenthelan (the term Java) can avoid the environment from the use of
plastic which has many negative impacts on the environment.
The handling of plastic waste by recycling is
a good solution, where plastic waste that is processed in addition to
minimizing its buildup in the environment can also produce products that have
economic value. One method of recycling
Pollution of plastic waste is very dangerous
for the environment. Many efforts to overcome plastic waste have been carried
out, this has become very important considering that plastic waste is one of
the biggest contributors to environmental damage. We as educated living beings
should be able to maintain and preserve the environment for the next
generation, hopefully the two ways above can be beneficial for the prevention
of plastic pollution to the environment.