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Plastic are non-biodgredable.Explain what this mean , the problems this causes and other ways we can deal with plastic waste?

2006-11-09 06:18:55 · 5 answers · asked by Rabeea R 1 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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Non-biodegradable:- The pollution that accumulates in the environment and may appear in the food chain. Problems due to plastic wastes:- Conventionally, plastics are made of fossil fuel. These conventional types of plastics are heavily used worldwide – mainly in packaging and household applications. The ever increasing use of plastics, particularly in packaging, has become a significant source of environmental pollution (litter) and created problems in waste management. If disposed of by landfill, the plastics worsen the shortage of landfill sites. If the plastics are incinerated, they can emit poisonous gases such as dioxins. These problems motivate the public to take more care of the environment. Making plastic bags biodegradable is one way to try to ease the task of waste reduction.

2016-05-22 00:47:01 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

non-biodegradeable means that if you leave it out it wont rot, brake down, etc. plastic takes a long time to brake down thats why it a good material for lots of things its also cheap. so well just throw it away and there isnt a way to recycle lots of plastics. Ex. if you wanted to melt it down then you would have to burn something making more smoke bad for the ozone layer

2006-11-09 06:39:00 · answer #2 · answered by bill b 1 · 0 0

non bio degread able its 4 words and is means it never can be consumed or digest by bacteria or and any kind of biological life.. so it will cos big problem in future as it can pollute environment

2006-11-09 06:33:54 · answer #3 · answered by source_of_love_69 3 · 0 0

It means once they take it to the dump it will not dissiegrate into the ground.

2006-11-09 06:20:09 · answer #4 · answered by Joe Somebody 6 · 0 0

it wont breakdown if its buried ,you cant burn it so dissolve it but you cant reuse it.

2006-11-09 08:49:34 · answer #5 · answered by clare p 3 · 0 0

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