The Decision Is All Yours !

“What ?... Zero plastic? No, I am not going in there… I have much worse things to  take care of…. And how can I always bother about not taking plastic? Besides that  doesn’t even sound realistic….” You might probably have thought like this when you  first heard the concept of Zero plastic. Imagine the whole world has started to  think like you. In a century there will be a big bunch of plastic but not the human  race.  

And most importantly I don’t think that mother-nature really cares about having  dangerous species of human beings while losing the other children. The best option  left for her to save the others, is to evacuate us.  

Yeah …. I know that doesn’t sound so nice…

So let’s think about being polite and decent children to mother-nature. Stop being  noisy and impolite.. Come and work for it.

Just some simple steps and you are good to go. Although you are now much aware  about the alternative products for plastic and about the zero plastic concepts, you  are a little bit reluctant to follow the steps. I will give you motivation so that you  can motivate others.

Plastic is commonly known as a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic that use  polymers as a main ingredient. The child material class is Bakelite, Poly methyl  methacrylate, polyvinyl chloride and the parent material class is synthetic fiber.

You bring plastic home and after use you just throw it into the dustbin and hand it  over to the municipal council whatever authority, and sigh peacefully and say,  “Ah… it’s over” No… it is not over. Plastic really doesn’t decompose which  means all the plastic that has made so far is still present there in one form or  another.

And the most surprising fact is that it takes approximately 450 years to deteriorate  plastic. If you bought a plastic grocery bag when you are at the age of 25 and it remained at the time of your children’s children and their children and for  generations. Scary..!!

Option 1 , burning the plastic. Do you think it will be over if we just burn it we  can solve the problem? Nah.. It makes this even worse. Burning gas can emit toxic  gasses like dioxins, furans, Mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls also known as  BCPs into the atmosphere. This is a huge threat to vegetation, human and animal  health.

Have you ever wondered every time you burn plastic why are you having a severe  headache? Yeah that’s right.. In the process of inhaling plastic fumes can cause an  increasing risk of heart disease, respiratory side effects such as aggravated asthma,  skin irritations, headaches, nervous system damage, and other organ damage such  as the kidney, liver, and reproductive system. 

Imagine your loved ones are suffering from these deadly side effects. Do you want  it? The decision is all yours. Would you still declined to go for #zeroplastic ? 

Written by: K.M.Veenavee Anuththara  

Undergraduate in Uva Wellassa University