Plastic problem have been affected and puzzled people for a long time, but the problem is always unable to get a perfect answer, the most fundamental reason is its hard to degradation, they will be squeezed and somewhere in the nature, people in modern city will not notice the undergradable plastic garbage piling up, I will be too late for people to notice and take this problem seriously if the environment is severely imfluenced by those undegreadable garbage. Although for now we still have no ideal options for plastic degradation, we need to take actions and at least find some solutions from other aspect of this problem. In the world i vision, the strong law has been made and passed for all plastic related factories and productions. All enterprises related with plastic production must follow the law strictly, for example, even if the company can not degrade the plastic (of course they can not , otherwise this will no longer be a problem), they need to have detailed plan for decomposition, like reduce the harm to wild life and environment as much as possible. They also need to consider about how to produce “simpler” plastic, which means plastic that can be somehow recycled or decomposed easier, or can be reused in some other aspect. The problem is that plastic has been a long-term problem and we can not solve it by just posting and suggesting ideas, besides expecting scientists to have more discoveries or achivenement on material decomposition domain, we need to at least do something to make the situation better. For example, try to support those plastid products marked as “recyclable” or “easy decomposition” by buying them (because to be honest I know human nowadays can never live without using plastic, let’s at least use some simpler plastic), or just avoiding use unnecessary plastics as much as possible, such as plastic bags, straws and other single-used plastics.
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You're right that's it's really hard for us to shift to no plastic use. I like how you mentioned that even without the ability to degrade the plastic, companies should still have a waste management plan and/or shift to "simpler" plastic. I think, especially with large-scale issues like plastic, it's good to avoid an all or nothing approach and simply do everything we can. Great post!
Honestly, some people just don't care. We use single-use plastics without giving it a second thought. However, it has also become an unavoidable in some cases, as some of the products we consume cannot come without plastic. This is not a problem that can be solved with the snap of a finger, it needs a lot of work and contribution of energy and money to be solved.
Single-use plastic bans, the opening of zero-waste stores, or government-implemented plastic recycling programs are gradually linking individual public action to system-wide change, but some of the conditions that limit sustainable solutions still need to be slowly reconciled
I agree that plastic is so common, and even avoiding some unnecessary plastic is hard for me. Do you know how struggled for me to pass through the shop for bubble tea every time, and force myself to go away to avoid single-use bottles and straws? Even though there is some paper-made straw, the bottle is still single-used. I hope there is more plastic alternative in the future.