Banning single-use plastic is an effective way to save out oceans. Firstly, plastic takes a long time to degrade. Secondly, marine life are endangered for single-use plastic pollution. Even though some say that plastic is irreplaceable and makes a perfect material, plastic could be replaced by bamboo and other natural product.
Firstly, banning single-use plastic saves our oceans because plastic products take a long time to decompose, and could cause major problems while slowly decomposing. “Plastic bottles take 450 years to decompose “(storage.neic.com), “plastic items takes more a thousand year to decompose”(storage.neic.com). which lasts more than ten generations! And since it’s not decomposing, it will be entangling plants, it will also remain in animal stomach for all of their life, which will be talked about later. Banning single-use plastic is an effective way to save out oceans making it disappear over time.
Moreover, banning single-use plastic is also effective when it come to saving marine life. “Marine life can be entangled in a variety of ocean debris including nets, lines, and lures”(Henn, 2019), trapped fish that died starving is what’s happening. “Marine animals mistake plastic waste for a viable food source, causing blockages in their digestive system” (Henn, 2019), the fast that the fishes have plastic in their stomach causes them to be full, always, so they can’t eat anything, another problem is that when we eat them fishes, we eat micro-plastic that we cannot see. If there are no plastic there are no unnatural deaths, and people could achieve that by banning single-use plastic.
Even though some people think that banning single-use plastic is not as effective and could not be replaced, for it’s simple and easy way of use. But actually, it could be replaced by bamboo or other natural products. Take bamboo for instance, “Bamboo can grow without fertilizers or pesticides. Bamboo is naturally anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. Bamboo can regrow to adult size to be harvested within 3 to 5 years. Bamboo can grow in many different kinds of environments (China, Africa, South America, USA). Bamboo is biodegradable. Bamboo produces 35% more oxygen compared to similar plants. Bamboo naturally helps rebuild eroded soil. Bamboo almost never needs replanting. Bamboo is an extremely durable material. Bamboo requires far less water than similar plants, therefore often requiring no irrigation systems.”(storage.neic.com), well at least bamboo is easily decomposed and at least wouldn’t be stuck in animal digestive system. Obviously banning single-use plastic could not do any harm to the environment.
Banning single-use plastic is an effective way to save out oceans. Firstly, plastic takes a long time to degrade. Secondly, marine life are endangered for single-use plastic pollution. Even though some say that plastic is irreplaceable and makes a perfect material, plastic could be replaced by bamboo and other natural product.