Plastics have attracted increasing attention in the past few years as large-scale, global pollutants, and nations have different approaches to combatting this problem. It’s easy to wag a finger at Ghana’s measly recycling rate: only 2% of our 22,000 tons of plastic waste per year is recycled. Adequate funding is clearly a determining factor in the wide-scale, safe disposal of plastics. In Accra, there is an epidemic of plastic water sachets especially around the Korle Lagoon, Korle Beach and the Kwame Nkrumah areas. These areas have all become victims of this menace and they continue to remain so. However, the problem is not limited to these areas alone; it is quite rare to find a location void of this crisis.

1. PLASTIC POLLUTION
By: Eben, Zoe &
Richard

2. Objective
Identify the main
effects of plastics
Stimulate prevention
and recycling of
plastic waste

3. Introduction
Light, strong substance that
can be made into different
shapes and that is used for
making many common
products
Plastic is one of the few new
materials that pose
environmental problem.
Polythene, Polyvinyl chloride,
polystyrene is largely use in
the manufacture of plastics

4. What items do you use everyday
which are made of PLASTIC?

6. Why do we use plastic for
so many things?

7. Versatile and therefore can be used to
create a wide range of products.
It is light weight
Flexible
Moisture resistant
Durable
Strong
Affordable
Reasons

8. So, what is the problem
with plastic?

11. Plastics adverse effect on
the environment.
Plastic bag utter the
landscape
Plastic bags pollute
beaches and the ocean
Plastics kill animals
Plastics are non-
biodegradable

12. Plastics effect on human
life.
 Plastic plays the
villain right from the
stage of its
production. The
Major chemicals that
go into the making of
plastic are highly
toxic and pose
serious threat to
living beings of all
species on earth.

13. Plastics effect on human
life.
Some of the constituents
of plastic such as benzene
are known to cause
cancer. Plastics resins
themselves are flammable
and have contributed to
several accidents
worldwide

14. Plastics effect on human
life.
Once plastic is
produced, a harm is
done once and for all.
Plastic defies any kind
of attempt at disposal
belt through recycling,
burning or landfilling

15. Plastics effect on human
life.
 Recycling of plastic is
associated with skin and
respiratory problems,
resulting from exposure to
and inhalation of toxic
fumes especially
hydrocarbons and residues
released during the process

18. Measures
 Single use plastics bags
have become such an
everyday way of life that
seems as if we simply cannot
do without them. However, if
we have the will, we can
start reducing their use in
small ways.

19. Measures
 A tote bag can make a
good substitute for
holding the shopping.
You can keep the bag
with the cahier, and put
your purchases into it
instead of the usual
plastic bag.

21. Questions?