Essay About Plastic

Plastic has taken over our world, and if something does not change, so many things will be effected. Plastic is found all over the place, on the side of interstates, in our homes, in schools, and in our cars. People liter plastic bags on the side of the road, people sit on plastic toilet sits at home, people type on a plastic keyboard at school, and people change the station in their car with a plastic button. Plastic is everywhere and in today’s society it has become almost a necessity. Many people cannot and won 't stop using their computers, or sitting on their toilet sits, but we can stop drinking from plastic water bottles. People have gotten comfortable with plastic, as it is apart of our everyday lives. We are spending money on plastic

What I mean when I say all this, is we as people need to food to survive, so a majority of us eat meat and fish. We are not the only ones who need food to survive. Animals need food to survive as well, so they eat what is available, and sometimes that means plastic. When animals eat plastic and we eat animals, we are also eating plastic. When people do not recycle plastic, it ends up on the side of roads, in the ocean, around the shell of a turtle, and almost everywhere it is not supposed to be. “Plastic bags mistaken for food can and often do kill animals who eat them” (Jensen, Waste, 18-19). Many ocean fish that we consume are consuming plastics that has been thrown into the ocean. In plastic there are toxic chemicals that are harmful to people and animals (Angus paragraph 12). “Plastics are polymer, and are composed primarily of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.” Plastic is soft and flexible due to the phthalates used to make it. Phthalates are known to cause physical problems to those who consume it. We consume it we when drink from plastic bottles and some food containers (Jensen, Plastic,