Plastic

 Plastic is a non-biodegradable synthetic material which is toxic. Widely dumped plastic is consumed as food materials by animals, such as cows. This consumption of the disposed of plastic leads to various health problems. Plastic contains toxins; when it is burning, the fumes that are released are harmful, if inhaled.

As plastic is composed of major toxic pollutants, it has the potential to cause significant harm to the environment in the form of air, water, and land pollution

Plastic sticks around in the environment for ages, threatening wildlife and spreading toxins. Plastic also contributes to global warming. ... Our reliance on plastic therefore prolongs our demand for these dirty fuels. Burning plastics in incinerators also releases climate-wrecking gases and toxic air

plastic pollution, accumulation in the environment of synthetic plastic products to the point where they create problems for wildlife and their habitats as well as for human populations.

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Leo Baekeland. The 20th century saw a revolution in plastic production: the advent of entirely synthetic plastics. Belgian chemist and c


lever marketeer Leo Baekeland pioneered the first fully synthetic plastic in 1907

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