Plastic pollution and being earth-friendly

By Catalogs Editorial Staff

Plastic pollution isn't necessary if you try to be earth friendly

Plastic pollution isn’t necessary if you try to be earth friendly

For the last few decades, there have been few materials that have been villianized the way that plastics have been. When it comes to “going green” most people think they must get rid of all things plastic because the materials are usually regarded as being something that will never decay.

When using plastic items for certain tasks, the fact that they don’t break down that much can be quite the positive aspect. When talking about throwing them away, it means that a pile in a landfill never really goes down, it only grows and expands and can damage the environment.

As we move further into the 21st century, there are ways in which we can learn how to use plastics by minimizing plastic pollution and and being earth-friendly. There are now items being manufactured by a number of companies that are actually biodegradable. Fore example, certain kinds of biodegradable trash bags allow you to throw them into the trash dump free of the guilt that can occur when you think you are putting something in a dump that will sit there forever.

There are all kinds of different sizes you can get of these new kind of disposable bags so you can throw away as much trash as you need and know that the bags will indeed eventually rot away and turn into something that then can be used again.

There are even some plastics that have been specially created so that they are compostable. These usually plastics that contain something called a biorsesin. While biodegradable products will break down to some degree, they aren’t going to break down completely. Plastics that are actually compostable use a bioresin that breaks down in much the same way that other products will break down. You still shouldn’t just put these in your lawn and hope for the best, but dealt with in the right ways, there won’t be much of a footprint on the earth once these things have broken down.

There is another way in which people can use plastics and still be earth friendly. Plastic and aluminum both have been deemed as something that can be recycled pretty easily these days. Aluminum cans have been part of the recycling movement for quite a while now, as has paper. It used to be that cities and town felt that plastic was too toxic to be burning down and using again. It turns out that more advanced techniques allow people to use plastics over and over again.

While some areas have recycling plants where people can drop off huge amounts of materials and actually get some money back, other areas of the country have started picking up recyclables from people’s homes for no charge. The city is then able to turn these recyclables into money for the community. As long as everything is separated correctly, the townships are willing to make the pickups completely free of charge to the citizens. They just leave a designated container full of plastic bottles out by the curb, just like they would the trash. Collection companies know what to look for and when they are supposed to be picked up.

Cities and towns across the country have noticed the massive interest by its citizens to use plastics that are not damaging the country in the way they used to. Companies have taken notice of this as well and worked hard to produce materials and objects that reduce how dangerous they are to the country. Because of this, using plastics and being earth-friendly isn’t nearly as difficult as it once was. As long as the right steps and the right items are used, it can really be downright easy.