The Damage Caused by Plastics to Nature

Although plastic is a material that we use frequently in almost every aspect of our daily life, it is also the raw material of disposable bags, straws, and pet bottles. Although it seems to have advantages, the benefits of plastic, besides its harms, unfortunately, remain like a grain of sand on the beach. Since millions of tons of plastic produced in a year generally cover single-use products, most of the plastic produced falls into the garbage category.

So where do you think the garbage created by these plastic wastes goes? Since we know that plastics are not recyclable and do not dissolve in the soil, we do not have to look far for the answer. Take a look around. Look at our parks, forests, seas, and lakes. Plastic waste has taken over our entire world. It has taken over our lives as well as our world. Greenhouse gases caused by plastics are in the air we breathe, "microplastics" mixed with the soil, and in the food we eat, in short, plastics have entered our cells.

Plastic Causes Emissions of Greenhouse Gases!

As for what kind of dangerous greenhouse gases cause… Our world warms up with the reflection of the rays coming from the Sun. However, greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, caused by plastic, trap the heat that needs to be reflected into space and cause our Earth to heat up more than necessary. This situation causes the temperature of the air and seas to rise, and therefore the balance of the ecosystem is disturbed. It endangers the life of all living things.

All living things on earth need clean air and a suitable temperature to sustain their lives. However, factors such as increasing temperatures, drought, and thirst due to global warming caused by plastic put the lives of living things in great danger and put some species in danger of extinction. Along with the deteriorating natural balance, our soil structure is deteriorating day by day and our forests are drifting toward an inextricable disaster. It is clear that even the slightest changes in the structure of the fruits and vegetables we consume can cause enormous health problems in our bodies, and that the disruption of the balance of nature will directly affect human life.

Nature and man are two inseparable elements. Any problem that may occur in one will greatly affect the other. For this reason, if we want to leave a beautiful future to the next generations, the only way is to leave beautiful nature. Let's heal our frayed relationship with nature together as the nEGOWOOD family.

Throw your waste and rubbish into the relevant recycling and trash bins. Be assured that the accumulated anger of this nature, which you ignored yesterday, will come back to us tomorrow, exceeding all our intelligence, technology, and science. Are you brave enough to do this? We are not."
–Evrim Ağacı.

Authored by: İlayda Gülşen