The Plastic Crisis

The Plastic Crisis#savetheturtlesksksk We all know what plastic pollution is doing to our oceans, it has been like this for years. But it has gotten worse. More sea life are dying every day, different species are also on the verge of extinction. What is plastic pollution doing to our earth? Other than killing our sea life, the plastic pollution crisis is killing our beaches. From cigarette buts, plastic caps and more types of small plastics are being found on our beaches. Fish can eat it in the ocean, but birds can eat it on the beach. Our sealife is dying, and some species are on the verge of extinction. Plastic was made in 1907. Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic. That means no molecules were found from nature. Little did he know that his great invention would turn into a real-life nightmare. To reduce plastic pollution in our oceans and on beaches we can… use reusable Tupperware. Metal straws and plastic containers are very useful. Better than plastic wrap and single-use plastics. Single-use plastics are plastics that are not useful after the first time. For example plastic wrap or bottles, you can only use them one time. But reusable Tupperware is something you can use forever. Even if it’s plastic. The plastic pollution problem is not just killing our sea life but killing our oceans and land. If it ends up in our fish then we eat the fish. With other climate change and global warming problems, plastic pollution is not going to help. If we want to help we need to do it now by reducing plastic and single-use items and using reusable things. By Poppy