Plastic Pollution in Pakistanby Hassan Nasir | 26-11-2018 20:14 |
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![]() Plastic use is a big threat to an environment and if it is not recycled for the use then it would deteriorates environment as decomposition of plastic is hazardous for the environment. Unfortunately, it is estimated that since 1967 global plastic production has been increased to two million tonnes to 380 million tonnes, almost three times faster than the world¡¯s GDP .It is also quoted that in the beginning of 1950 till now the world has produced 9 billions of tonnes plastic waste.Of that only 9% has been recycled and another 12% destroyed. Globally, few countries have been outspoken when it comes to plastic eradication and these countries are Bangladesh, Rwanda and France. Now when it comes to Pakistan it has shown very low effort in carbon widespread use. Pakistan has been victim of several environmental threats and big cities have been victimized badly .For instance in big cities we find plastic at every corner of the streets .Not this but we are using the products of plastic excessively .Supermarkets shopping bags are of plastic, stationaery of students are also of plastic, food chains also use plastic cups and plates. Alarming thing to know is we have huge work of pottery and yet we do not utilize this segment efficiently. The use of plastic in Pakistan is not limited to these uses but we immensely use product of plastics for mobile as well like the mobile pouches, we use drinking water bottled in plastic, we have confectionery items that use plastic in wrapping. From all these uses, one can easily get the picture that use of plastic is engrossed in Pakistan. We know that excessive use of plastic is disaster for human health and wild life. Due to plastic few wild creatures in Pakistan might get extinct if we do not look upon any solution for curtailing the use of plastic. |