Everyone should know that the plastic bag is made of chemical elements, so it is not easy to melt. I checked the information, the plastic bags buried in the ground, it takes hundreds of years to complete the melting. Now people use the facility to burn plastic bags, but because of the burning of plastic bags will generate toxic gases, will make a small part of the land can not be dill, so are chosen to burn in places where no one lives. Burning plastic bags in the smoke will occur carcinogenic substances, extremely bad for the human body, so when burning, people wear masks to avoid inhaling substances.
What are the environmental hazards of littering plastic bags
Don’t use plastic bags for food.
Phthalic acid derivatives, many of which are esters, are not easily soluble in water, but can be soluble in warmed or fatty foods. If the plastic bags used as food packaging materials, use with extreme caution, esters may dissolve in food. So just don’t use them to fill meals and other food, and don’t use plastic bags to serve hot food.
White pollution
The so-called “white pollution” is an image of people’s plastic waste pollution of the environment. White pollution is a one-time difficult to degrade plastic packaging, such as disposable foam fast tableware and other plastic bags that we commonly use. It refers to the use of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride and other polymer compounds made of a variety of plastic products are discarded after becoming solid waste, due to random throwing and it is very serious environmental pollution, buried in the soil is difficult to analyze, will lead to a decline in soil capacity, if the incineration will lead to atmospheric pollution, so now advocate the use of this material or less, the purchase of equipment is best to bring their own tools to reduce the exercise of it The best way to reduce its exercise is to bring your own tools.
The current situation of “white pollution” and its hazards
Plastic products as a new material, with the advantages of light weight, waterproof, durable, mature production technology, low cost, is commonly used throughout the world and is increasing year by year trend. Plastic packaging materials in the world market growth rate is higher than other packaging materials.
“White pollution”, the main hazard is “visual pollution”, and “potential hazards:”
1, “visual pollution”. In the metropolis, tourist areas, water bodies and pathways scattered waste plastic packaging to people’s visual stimulation, affecting the overall aesthetics of the metropolis, scenic spots, damage to the cityscape, landscape, resulting in “visual pollution”.
2, “potential harm”. Waste plastic packaging into the environment, because it is difficult to degrade, resulting in durable, deep ecological and environmental problems.
①, waste plastic packaging mixed in the soil, affecting the absorption of nutrients and water crops, will lead to crop yield reduction.
②, dumped in the land or water bodies of waste plastic packaging, seen as food swallowed by animals, resulting in animal deaths (in zoos, pasture and the sea, such situations have become commonplace).
③, waste plastic packaging mixed with household waste is difficult to dispose of: landfill disposal will take up land for a long time, mixed with plastic household waste is not suitable for composting disposal, sorted out waste plastic can not guarantee the quality and difficult to accept the exercise.
Now, people reflect the strong is mainly “visual pollution” problem, and for waste plastic packaging durable, deep “potential hazards”, most people still lack familiarity.
