Problems with Plastic

How many people on average do you think attend Walmart everyday?  Now imagine all of the plastic bags that were given to these customers.  That is a lot of plastic and that is just in one day.  Plastic is a commonly made material because it lasts a long time and is easy/cheap to make.  However, plastic pollution has become ever so popular and is extremely harmful to our environment.  Once people leave the grocery store, Walmart, people are very careless with the plastic bags that were once important in helping them carry all of their new items.  Because of this, people are accidently killing a ton of wildlife, for instance mammals and reptiles.  Plastic kills these creatures by either entangling them or by ingesting the material.  The use of plastic does not only affect the wildlife population, it also affects the entire human race. Lots of us drink water out of a plastic bottle. The reason people drink bottled water is so they can have filtered, chemical free drinking water (pure water).  This idea of pure water is essentially false.  This type of water is actually harmful to us because this material (plastic) releases its chemicals into the fluids we drink.  These chemicals that are released may cause harmful and potentially fatal side effects.  It is our job to protect and save wildlife as well as ourselves from this harmful material.  In order to do so, we must decrease the use of plastic and know proper ways of disposing of it.  Next time you’re at the grocery store, use a reusable bag instead and encourage others to do the same.