Plastic waste is a scourge and one of the most massive environmental problems.
A World Without Plastic, Could It Happen?
The world has just celebrated World Environment Day on 5 June. World Environment Day has now become a platform to raise awareness of solving various environmental problems in the world, one of which is plastic waste. However, can the world live without plastic? Plastic is attached to human life, including in the household sector. Plastic bags are often a place to put shopping items to food containers and disposable tableware made of plastic. When disposed of, all this pollutes the environment because it takes a long time to decompose. It is estimated that there are 500 million to 1 billion plastic bags used by the world's population in one year. That means about 1 million plastic bags are used every minute, which requires 12 million barrels of oil per year and 14 million trees to be cut down to make it. So that plastic is difficult to decompose, it takes at least 100 to 500 years for plastic to decompose completely. However, that does not mean that there is nothing positive about pla…
