What happen if we dont recycle the plastics(in long term)?

Question

acctully i am doing this project for one of my class but i cant find much information on this topic like what really happened if we dont recycle plastics? what are the long term effects? what are the web sites?

Answer 1

Plastics take more than a million years to decompose.  if we throw the plastics indiscriminately, the soil fertility reduces.  no plants can grow.  more exposure to plastics leads to some health problems.  so reducing, recycling and reusing are the best solutions

Answer 2

Some people are exploring the idea of sequestering carbon using plastics.  If they are successful, then avoiding the recycling of plastics could help save the planet from global warming. Plastics are made from hydrocarbons. Thus, plastics bind carbon in a non-biodegradable form, preventing the carbon from entering the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.

In that case, non-biodegradability of plastics would be good for the environment. After all, if plastics were to biodegrade, they would release their carbon, which could be oxidized to release the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, arguably exacerbating global warming. Furthermore, biodegradable plastics are undesirable, as they can ruin huge batches of recycled plastic resin if they get mixed in with recyclable plastics by consumers who can't bring themselves to toss a biodegradable plastic item in the trash bin rather than in the recycling bin.

Answer 3

global warming my friend....

Answer 4

we would be filling our landfills with a toxin - the emphasis is on "land" - what we put in the land eventually ends up in our food and water.

Answer 5

Go to www.care2.com. Great site. Plastics are not biodegradable, meaning they never breakdown. So, eventually, that's all that will be in the landfills while food and paper break down.Bad news for earth.