All around the world animals die or become injured from plastic pollution in parks, lakes, and oceans. People should care about what products they use and how littering, or even throwing them away impacts the world around them. Many animals find plastic wrappers, straws, or bags and attempt to eat them, and it kills them. As well as hurting animals, plastic also hurts the environment. People should not use plastic straws or bags because they risk the health of the environment, people, and animals.
People should not use plastic straws or bags because they damage the environment. Some plastic straws and bags are made of toxic materials and can be unhealthy for environment if littered. Plastic damages the environment in many ways if littered. Some plastic straws are still being made with materials that are possibly toxic or carcinogenic. These toxic materials can make fertile soil unhealthy, and can hurt many living things coming in contact with it. Another way that plastic damages the environment is that plastic straws and bags can remain on the earths surface for over 2,000 years. Since plastic is not biodegradable, it does not turn into dirt or plant material like other materials, and pollutes the Earth and stays there damaging and hurting plants and animals for over 2,000 years. Although people can just stop littering plastic and throw it away, or even stop using it all together, people do not always listen and no one can manage to make everyone stop littering, or stop using plastic. Everyone should stop using plastic straws or bags because it damages the environment.
Additionally, the use of plastic straws and bags should stop because they can injure people, and they waste plastic. Plastic materials, specifically straws, have caused many injuries and are wasteful. Straws cause more injuries than people think. Many people and especially children have suffered from eye, mouth, and throat injuries caused from running with straws, laughing while drinking through them, or any sudden movement around them. Also, straws and bags can be made with toxic materials, but this does not just hurt the environment, it also effects people. Toxic materials can be very unhealthy for people and make them sick. Certain chemicals can cause asthma or in s...
