| Environment degradation today is not only a | | | | waste. |
| buzzword but a reality today. Human made waste | | | | Also, plastic recycling becomes more difficult |
| is today threatening to change the way the | | | | because of the various dyes and filters that it has. |
| environment reacts and intends to change the | | | | This makes the entire process of recycling plastic |
| very atmosphere that they live in. In such a | | | | much difficult than recycling other objects and |
| situation, recycling is one of the best answers to | | | | materials. It is only recently that bio degradable |
| the pollution that humanity causes in the | | | | plastic bottles have arrived on the scene, making |
| environment. Almost anything that we use can be | | | | the use of plastic at least not as much dangerous |
| recycled, including plastic. The popularity of plastic | | | | as it was around a decade or two ago. In some |
| was so immediate that human beings were simply | | | | countries, the government has put the onus on |
| not ready to accept the huge surplus of Plastic | | | | manufacturers, users and institutions like schools |
| users that came up within the decade. | | | | and companies to recycle plastic. |
| Plastic recycling is one of the most important | | | | One of the biggest culprits in plastic recycling is |
| activities that can be carried out to decrease the | | | | the plastic bag. Plastic bags are today the most |
| amount of pollution in the environment. Plastic has | | | | widely used commodity to carry objects to and |
| become part and parcel of our lives, with more | | | | fro. Because of its immense usage, their |
| than seven percent of the total waste in the US | | | | existence increases, and they normally end up in |
| being plastic. | | | | the landfill for recycling. However, the problem is |
| Plastic recycling is a more difficult and longer | | | | that the plastic bags are so light that they |
| process than recycling the other objects, like say | | | | normally end up flying away from the dumping |
| paper or cloth. This is because plastic has a | | | | ground and do not end up being recycled. It is also |
| different molecular structure than these objects, | | | | possible that plastic bags can cause problems to |
| and therefore undergoes a different process | | | | the sorting machines used by the recycler. |
| when it is being recycled. Because plastic has a | | | | Therefore, more often than not, the recycler |
| difficult and longer process, it stays in the | | | | does not take them to the recycling ground, and |
| environment longer than any other material or | | | | it just ends up in the dumping ground. |
| object, thereby adding to the environmental | | | | |