This document discusses the pollution caused by plastic waste. It notes that developed countries export large amounts of plastic waste to developing countries like India. India imported over 7,000 metric tonnes of plastic waste from the US in the first half of 1994 alone. Plastic takes 1000 years to decompose, and over 100 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide each year. Plastic waste litters land, clogs drains, pollutes the environment, and harms or kills animals. Burning plastic also releases toxic fumes that can cause cancer and respiratory diseases. The key message is that plastic has severely damaged the environment so it needs to be avoided.
3. This is river Mississippi which has been polluted by plastics
4. there is a clear trend of shipping off the plastic
waste of developed countries to under
developed and developing countries like India.
5. India imported 7,841.8 metric tonnes of plastic
waste from the US in the first half of 1994. India
is the fourth highest Asian importer of plastic
waste behind Hong Kong, Philippines,
Indonesia.
6. Plastic takes 1000 years to decompose that
means that the plastic bag which you used
which will be still around when your great
great great great grand children are born.
7. More than a 100 million tonnes of plastic is
produced world-wide each year.
Average Indian uses one kilogram (kg) of
plastics per year, the world annual average is a
alarming 18 k
