How Does Plastic Pollution Affect Our Food Sources and Food Chain?

As plastic breaks down into small micro plastic particles it spreads throughout the ecosystem and becomes mixed in with our soil. The chlorine plastic adds dangerous chemicals to the crops we grow which becomes part of the food chain. These plastic particles can also absorb from sea water pollutants, and when consumed by animals and … Continue reading How Does Plastic Pollution Affect Our Food Sources and Food Chain?

What is Plastic Pollution?

Plastic pollution can be hard to understand. Modern life is filled with plastic products, but society has lost control of how much we use. An abundance of plastic can lead to significant problems in our world. This video gives a good explanation of what plastic pollution is and how it is affecting our world. It … Continue reading What is Plastic Pollution?

How Plastic Pollution is affecting our Marine Ecosystem

Plastic pollution has many effects on the ocean. Plastic consists of very large molecules that have not been implicated into environmental pollution. This means that plastic can take decades to about a thousand years to decompose and 8.3 billion metric tons of trash have been produced and 6.3 billion metric tons of it, or about … Continue reading How Plastic Pollution is affecting our Marine Ecosystem

How Does Plastic Pollution Affect Climate Change?

Our population uses tons and tons of plastic every year as one of our main resources. As this plastic decomposes, not only does it take almost 5,000 years to deteriorate, but it will also give off methane gas. Methane gas increases the rate of climate change because methane makes up 20 percent of green house … Continue reading How Does Plastic Pollution Affect Climate Change?