Why does every second, can be called a "planet killer"

Each of us, every day contributes to the poisoning of their own food and water. No filters do not help to clear toxins penetrated by plastic and polyethylene ground water, lakes, rivers and oceans, the earth itself! And you still wonder why we are so sick, why so early to die, why our children suffer endlessly? Not only that, all the products in the stores products are packed in plastic and polyethylene, there is more we add to this portable version of polyethylene.

With the 50-ies of the last century a plastic bag began his triumphal march around the world. At first it seemed that this technological breakthrough will bring only benefits. However, a year of plastic waste began to grow after year, and in the new century, the problem assumed alarming planetary scale.

As the choice of paper can save an entire planet

People for the most part unaware of the threat level, the consumer society has taught us to enjoy the benefits of civilization without thinking about the consequences.

The solution depends on each individual person, you, the one who is reading these lines now.

To understand this, just look at the piles of garbage in the nearest city dump. Every day we make a "contribution" by sending to the bags of waste, most of which - plastic. What can we say about those who are not troubled with to bring their trash to the bins Paet! Animals pulled apart polyethylene in search of food. This is especially true in the winter. And what do we see in the first spring days? Snowdrops? Prolisky? No, we see scattered randomly colored bags!

Birds and animals often die eating part or all of a bag cellophane.

At first glance it seems that it is a bit, but in the world there are 7, 5 billion people. Every day they produce about one million tons of garbage.

Through the pollution plastic back to the man, according to research, the elements contained in the soil, water, air and even salt.

Take the first step to saving the world, it means start using paper packaging. In many countries, the process began to acquire more and more popular.

Paper does not pollute the soil and does not kill the animals during its expansion no emission of harmful substances.

An alternative may be to use IVF bags which are made from natural fibers (flax, cotton, etc.) and are durable and easy. They can be purchased or made by hand.

ON A NOTE. During Soviet times, plastic packaging had a limited scope of use. That was not a problem for buyers. Milk, yogurt, sour cream and many other products sold in glass or cardboard. Widely used cloth bags. This is an example of what to do without polyethylene packaging are real and doable task, both on the individual level and on a national scale.

Obviously, if we want to save the world from destruction with our own hands - it's time to give up plastic. Save our planet, our home, we can only by joint efforts. It is still not too late.

Polyethylene pollutes and destroys our planet

We live in an age, when nature is experiencing global impact of human activities. Every year, hundreds of extinct species of animals, birds and fish. The list of supporting materials devastating effect the first place is occupied by plastic.

Here are some facts that characterize the impact of plastic waste on the environment:

1. According to scientific estimates, up to 90% of seabird included in your diet plastic, as a result of their stomachs contain multiple fragments of polymers.
2. Period polymer decomposition in the soil - about 200 years. During this time the material breaks down into smaller particles and allocates different chemicals, it may be chlorine, carcinogens and toxic elements (depending on the production additives).
3. When polyethylene and its particles penetrate the water source, the death of animals begins - as a result of material consumption in food and falling into the trap of the waste (the most vulnerable cubs).
4. The annual amount of plastic has tens of thousands of victims, and it is a bird, fish, whales, turtles.
5. Oceans annually replenished plastic - up to 13 million tons. The infamous "Great Garbage Patch" is already covered with a 1% of the Pacific Ocean. As a result, 80 percent of the garbage in the sea areas falls on the packaging material.
6. For recycling is sent to a maximum of 5% plastic.

REFERENCE. In the early 70-ties in Western Europe produced a little more than 11 million packages per year. In the new century, the value of its release worldwide has reached a trillion pieces annually. According to statistics, the polyethylene accounts for 29% of the total production of polymer, wherein the packaging is consumed up to 40%.

Currently, about 40 countries around the world are moving away from harmful environmental packaging and imposed restrictions in this area, for example, a neighbor Georgia. In some countries (e.g., Kenya, Denmark) was introduced categorical ban on the use of plastic. Violators waiting for huge fines.

Share this information with friends and family. Each discarded plastic bag - a blow to the life on earth and your own. Remember this!