The Bane of Plastic pollution: Sustainable development goals call to action (SDGs)

With the global focus change from Agriculture to industrialisation there has been side effects that have extreme down effects on the global terrain.

One of such is the plastic pollution 

from manufactured goods.

According to Wikipedia, ''Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat.''
It varies in size from micro to meso to macro debris.
It is said that plastics are inexpensive and easily adaptable for different uses, as a result a popular choice for manufacturers yet paradoxucally the chemical structure of most plastics makes them resist the earthly natural process of degradation thus extremely slow to degrade in many situations.

It is said that the aforementioned two factors, makes it an environmental challenge of mismanaged waste which persists across ecosystems on the Globe.

According to Wikipedia research, Plastic pollution can afflict land, waterways and oceans. ''It is estimated that 1.1 to 8.8 million tonnes of plastic waste enters the ocean from coastal communities each year. It is estimated that there is a stock of 86 million tons of plastic marine debris in the worldwide ocean as of the end of 2013, with an assumption that 1.4% of global plastics produced from 1950 to 2013 has entered the ocean and has accumulated there.''
''Some researchers suggest that by 2050 there could be more plastic than fish in the oceans by weight'' . We really need to move to action!

It is said that plastics pollution can affect both human beings and other living organisms through direct consumption from tap water from waterways  and/or indirect consumption from marine animals. In addition other living organisms can wrongfully ingest chemicals used for plastic manufacturing, wrongful exposure to chemicals from plastics dumped thus affecting their physiology, or simply mechanical entanglements in plastic objects.

In accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals presented by the United Nations, there's a global mandate to work as partners to address issues related to water and sanitation; sustainable cities and communities; good health and wellbeing  - specifically SDGs 6,3, 11 and 17.

Therefore, this is a call to action for all of us! Our world needs us!

There clearly is work to be done-not just by the Government or Governing bodies or Non Governmental Organisations, households too should be involved.

Look at this outrageous news information on the bane of plastic pollution even in the Arctic regions
Plastic pollution in the ARCTIC is now as bad as anywhere else on Earth | Daily Mail Online

There is work to be done and one way to address plastic pollution is the process of recycling.
Read previous write ups on it

https://cleaningnmore.blogspot.com/2022/03/so-what-do-we-recycle_16.html

https://cleaningnmore.blogspot.com/2022/02/beyond-cleaning-to-next-best-thing.html



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