With about 10 million tonnes of plastic waste flowing into the ocean every year, is there any altern

Oceans, which make up about 71% of the Earth's total surface area. It is home to millions of living beings and provides an essential resource for humans. At the same time, marine resources have always been relatively abundant, but also for human survival of environmental resources and other conditions to provide a lot, we should indeed protect and save marine resources, because resources are limited, we can not blindly develop.

However, about 10 million tonnes of plastic waste flows into the ocean every year, and overfishing and habitat destruction can cause irreversible damage to the ocean. Therefore, it is the responsibility of every human being to protect the marine environment and take care of the blue planet.

With around 10 million tonnes of plastic waste flowing into the ocean every year, what alternatives are there to replace plastic?

1. Biodegradable plastics.

Biodegradable plastics refer to various biodegradable plastic products that use natural polymers as the main raw materials and are processed and molded by extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, calendering, lamination and other processes.

At the same time, it can also refer to the plastic that adds a certain amount of additives (such as starch, modified starch or other cellulose, photosensitizers, biodegradants, etc.) in the plastic production process, and the stability is reduced, and it is easier to degrade in the natural environment.

In 2020, with the release of the new version of the plastic restriction order, the domestic plastic restriction will be implemented in stages in different fields, which will greatly boost the demand for biodegradable plastics in the industry market. In the next five years, the compound annual growth rate of China's demand for biodegradable plastics will reach more than 10,000 tons, and the demand for biodegradable plastics will reach about 10,000 tons by 2025.

Second, the cloth bag. Common cloth bags can be divided into nylon bags, canvas bags, burlap bags, cotton bags, flannel bags, non-woven bags, etc.

The biggest difference between cloth bags and plastic bags is reusability, cloth bags can be cleaned, reused, convenient and strong, and a few cloth bags are prepared at home, which is a very environmentally friendly initiative. The most advantageous point is that it is suitable for all ages, and it is also suitable for young people to shop.

3. Paper bags. The trees from which paper is made are renewable resources, and paper degrades very quickly under natural conditions. The composition of paper is cellulose polysaccharides, and the commonly used plastic components are polyene and polyester. Paper bags have become the outer bags of many fast food takeaways.

It can be replaced with an iron rice bowl. And the utilization rate is also quite high, and there will be no waste of resources.

It can be replaced with some paper packaging, which is not only environmentally friendly but also does not cause environmental pollution, and is particularly conducive to protecting the environment, using some reusable catering boxes.

Yes, paper products can be selected because paper products are not only environmentally friendly, but also easy to decompose.

At present, there are three alternatives. 1: Biodegradable plastics, plastics that are relatively easy to degrade in the natural environment. 2: Cloth bag, can be cleaned, used repeatedly, suitable for all ages. 3: Paper bags, the trees from which paper is made are renewable resources.

Plastics can be replaced with degradable materials, for example, plastic straws can be replaced with paper straws, plastic bags can be replaced by non-woven eco-friendly shopping bags, etc.

You can use paper, and this straw is made of paper. Solved the problem of plastic. We will also reduce a lot of heavy pollution.

I don't think there's an alternative, so we have to be eco-friendly and don't use too much plastic.

There should be no good substitute now, and if there is, it should have become popular internationally a long time ago, all for the sake of environmental protection.

Recently, there is a piece of news that has attracted the attention of netizens, that is, there will be about 10 million tons of plastic waste every year.

It flows to the ocean, so how young does it take for this plastic waste to be degraded? Let's talk about it today.

Everyone produces garbage, and everyone on the planet produces garbage every day, and now there are many kinds of garbage, and it is no longer just plastic bags. <>

I don't know if you have noticed that when you go out to buy milk tea now, the straws have become paper, and most of the plastic bags in the supermarket have become degradable plastics.

Bag. More and more people are aware of the serious pollution of plastic bags to the environment, but there are still many people who still use plastic bags, and plastic bags are also available in some small supermarkets and convenience stores in some towns, and plastic bags need to be completely decomposed in landfills for 10,1000 years.

In addition to plastic bags, plastic bottles can also be found everywhere, because you can buy a simple bottle of mineral water or a bottle of Coca-Cola.

Most of the beverage packaging on the market today is made of plastic bottles, and it would take 450 years for plastic bottles to completely decompose if they were covered in landfills.

Plastic waste is also known as white pollution.

It has caused harm everywhere in the world, and there are some very intuitive feelings about the harm of plastic, that is, many small animals swallow these plastic waste as food, and finally cause their own lives. <>

In fact, the ocean is not the focus of plastic waste, and the causal cycle of this plastic waste has quietly returned to the human table, by 2018, my brother Vienna.

Dr. of the University of Medicine has published a study that for the first time, as many as 9 microplastics have been detected in human feces.

The diameter is between 50 500 microns.

This report means that these microplastics have passed through the taste of humans and entered the human body, which you might have thought of as marine organisms before.

But now you may just throw away a plastic bag, after a few years it may become very fine and become invisible plastic particles when it enters the food chain.

The lowest end, and then the constant cycle, comes back to you. <>

Microplastics are very small in size, and will not be soluble in water, will be easily adsorbed on some large objects through the sun and rain, these microplastics will become smaller and smaller, will not be easily found, and according to a laughing survey organized by Orb Media, it has been found that 83% of urban drinking water has been polluted by microplastics.

The degradation time of various plastics varies greatly depending on the material. It can be decades or even hundreds of years, or a few years or a year. Because plastic is an artificially synthesized polymer chemical, the main component is resin, the chemical composition is less, and the intermolecular cross-linking is less, it is not suitable for dissolution, so it is difficult to degrade.

It can be said that after tens of thousands of years, hundreds of years, it has not been able to completely degrade. The rate of degradation is very slow, which does not mean that plastic waste is very harmful.

The time of plastic waste degradation is inconsistent, depending on the main components of garbage, it is degradable and easy to degrade for a short time; It is not easy to degrade for a long time; There are also those that cannot be degraded permanently!

About 10 million tonnes of plastic waste flows into the ocean every year, which will cause irreversible damage to the ocean. It is about 71% of the total surface area of the Earth. It is home to millions of living beings, an essential resource for human beings, and an environment in which we live.

If we continue to pollute the ocean in this way for a long time, our home planet will eventually come to an end. But how can we avoid such marine pollution? Personally, I think it should be considered from the following three aspects:

1. Strengthen monitoring and governance of marine garbage pollution, China began to carry out marine environmental monitoring in the 70s of the 20th century, and in the 20s of the 21st century, it has developed from a single marine pollution monitoring method to a combination of large-scale layout and environmental problems in functional areas.

Second, to limit the use of plastic products, the state can introduce relevant policies to limit the use of plastic products. Of course, we have also felt it, because now supermarket shopping will no longer recommend or give away plastic bags, and the milk tea we drink is no longer a plastic tube but a paper tube. Although it is only a small aspect, it can indeed reduce the use of plastic products in the long term.

Third, call on people to do a good job in garbage classification and treatment Everyone establishes environmental awareness, to achieve garbage classification, for plastic bottles and other garbage can be used as resources, because we know that plastic is very difficult to degrade, if buried in the soil may also cause environmental pollution.

The marine resources feed us, and we should also protect the environment on which we live, do every little thing within our ability, and everyone dedicates their own strength, and you and I can change our world. We also call on everyone to reduce the use of plastic products and use other materials instead of other materials as much as possible to reduce the pressure on our environmental resources.

Environmental issues are a common topic for all mankind, and how to avoid plastic waste from flowing into the ocean requires all countries around the world to take joint measures to implement severe sanctions on the act of dumping garbage into the ocean without permission and crack down on related criminal activities.

We need to raise awareness of environmental protection, minimize plastic products in our lives, and let people not throw away garbage indiscriminately.

Everyone in every country should try to refrain from throwing away garbage and put it in the designated place, so that this situation can be avoided.

Research on the utilization of plastic waste, increase the utilization rate, and recycle plastic resources. Invent degradable plastics and dispose of plastic waste in other ways.

China has now issued a plastic restriction order. Reduce the use of single-use plastics. The world should follow suit. Replace plastic with renewable energy and reduce the amount of plastic that is put into it.

Now it's important to limit plastic products. Try to find other environmentally friendly alternative materials to reduce the pressure on the environment.

The first is the linkage management of various departments. When dealing with marine litter, multilateral cooperation across sectors and even regions should be sought. According to the characteristics of marine litter and the functional characteristics of each department, the treatment of marine litter should be included in the performance appraisal, and the relationship between the rights and responsibilities of each department should be further clarified, and the division of labor should be clarified.

The use of multi-government affairs system and innovative cooperation mode can break through the traditional situation of departmental and regional division as much as possible, so as to effectively promote the implementation of marine garbage treatment.

The second is land and sea co-ordination. First of all, with the help of the current upsurge of "garbage classification" in China's big cities, we should control the land of garbage and reduce pollution from the source. Second, the coastal areas of major rivers should play the role of a "river chief system" to regularly clean up the waters and reduce the amount of garbage flowing into the sea.

Third, use the multi-system to monitor and clean up key river basins, and intercept and clean up garbage in a timely manner. Fourth, take the lead and mobilize social organizations and other non-governmental forces to salvage floating garbage and clean up beaches.

Third, multidisciplinary interaction and joint governance. The world should introduce some market-oriented mechanisms in the treatment of marine garbage as much as possible, and preferential policies can be given to encourage enterprises to participate in the treatment of marine garbage, and marine environmental protection organizations need to be more professional and organized. More enterprises are needed to assume the social responsibility of marine garbage management, upgrade the technology of professional garbage management, strictly abide by relevant standards, publicize the reduction of marine pollution, and actively participate in marine garbage treatment.

Environmental protection organizations should actively respond to the relevant governance policies, continue to clean up marine garbage, publicize the concept of environmental protection and other methods, so that the public can participate in the management of marine garbage, and the ocean is our common need to understand the importance of the ocean. Because traditional active collection solutions will use an electric system, which will consume the associated energy and resources, their solution is passive collection, which can automatically collect waste when thrown into the sea. Using a long floating array, plastic waste floating in the ocean automatically enters his arm, and the scale of this device can be adjusted according to the environment.

We will complete the assembly line production within two years. The most fundamental solution is to reduce waste at the source and prevent it from entering the ocean.

Reducing garbage means that everyone can't eat too much plastic packaging every day. Such packaging is also garbage**, which is particularly terrible and can produce a lot of garbage.

Now that marine pollution is becoming more and more serious, we should pay attention to it, reduce the use of plastic bags, and bring our own environmentally friendly bags. To protect the environment is to protect our own home.

1. Write the protection of the ocean into legislation and enforce the reduction of marine litter; 2. Strengthen the supervision of the marine environment and impose severe penalties on those who break the environment; 3. Strengthen the publicity of the marine environment and call on people to protect the marine environment.

According to scientists, people will be surrounded by plastic waste in the next 20 years. We should start with individuals and reduce the use of plastic products to reduce waste and protect our environment.

In such a situation, the most important thing we should call for is to protect the environment and pay attention to the marine ecological environment。The marine ecological environment is a problem that we have to think about, for many countries, the main environmental protection is now focused on air maintenance, after all, air is what each of us needs to come into contact with every day and every moment, but relatively speaking, seawater is not something that everyone will come into contact with every day. <>

In such a situation, the protection of the marine ecological environment is not so important. People focus almost all their energy on the places they can touch every day, so you can often see a lot of people calling for the protection of our air quality, the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, and the maintenance of forests by planting trees to protect our air quality. However, due to the lack of attention to the marine ecological environment, the overall ecological environment is constantly deteriorating.

After experts, the garbage in the ocean is increasing, in fact, there are many reports that many marine creatures are dying slowly due to eating the garbage discharged into the ocean by humans. This kind of news is not rare, and when everyone starts to realize it, it actually means that the problem has become so serious that it has to be paid attention to. Up to now, what we should call for the most is to protect the marine ecological environment and maintain the global environment on which we depend.

Relatively speaking, garbage disposal is a big problem. Why is so much garbage dumped into the ocean? I think the main reason is that we don't have a mechanism to deal with waste effectively, so many people dump their garbage into the ocean.

If there were restrictions on the amount of garbage discharged into the ocean, the problem would be effectively solved. The second is to severely punish this practice of discharging garbage into the ocean, so that we can regulate this behavior and protect our marine ecological environment and natural resources.