Essay in 1000 words about polythene pollution?

Answer 1

Plastics are used because they are easy and cheap to make and theycan last a long time. Unfortunately these same useful qualities can makeplastic a huge pollution problem. Because the plastic is cheap it getsdiscarded easily and its persistence in the environment can do great harm.Urbanization has added to the plastic pollution in concentrated form in cities.Plastic thrown on land can enter into drainage lines and chokes themresulting into floods in local areas in cities as experienced in Mumbai, India in1998. It was claimed in one of the programmes on TV Channel that eatingplastic bags results in death of 100 cattles per day in U.P. in India. In

stomach of one dead cow, as much as 35 kg of plastic was found. Becauseplastic does not decompose, and requires high energy ultra-violet light tobreak down, the amount of plastic waste in our oceans is steadily increasing.More than 90% of the articles found on the sea beaches contained plastic. The plastic rubbish found on beaches near urban areas tends to originatefrom use on land, such as packaging materials used to wrap around othergoods, remote rural beaches the rubbish tends to have come from ships,such as fishing equipment used in the fishing industry. This plastic can affectmarine wildlife in two important ways: by entangling creatures, and by beingeaten. Turtles are particularly badly affected by plastic pollution, and allseven of the world's turtle species are already either endangered orthreatened for a number of reasons. Turtles get entangled in fishing nets,and many sea turtles have been found dead with plastic bags in theirstomachs. Turtles mistake floating transparent plastic bags for jellyfish andeat them. In one dead turtle found off Hawaii in the Pacific more than 1000pieces of plastic were found in the stomach. A recent US report concludedthat more than 100000 marine mammals die each year in the world's oceansby eating or becoming entangled in plastic rubbish, and the position isworsening World-wide, 75 marine bird species are known to eat plasticarticles. This includes 36 species found off South Africa. A recent study of blue petrel chicks at South Africa's remote Marion Island showed that 90%of chicks examined had plasticin their stomachs apparently fed to themaccidentally by their parents. South African seabirds are among the worst affected in the world

Answer 2

Polythene pollution, also known as plastic pollution, is a significant environmental issue caused by the accumulation of plastic waste in the environment. Polythene, a non-biodegradable material, takes hundreds of years to decompose, leading to long-lasting pollution. It contaminates land, water bodies, and air, causing harm to wildlife and human health. Mitigating polythene pollution requires a multi-faceted approach that includes reducing plastic use, promoting recycling, and developing sustainable alternatives.