By Niamh Scott and Sophie Reed, Challenge Wednesday Writers
Find out more about the ongoing crises surrounding our environment and how you can help conserve our planet.
What is plastic?
The development of plastics started with natural materials that exhibited plastic
properties. Modern synthetic plastics were invented around 100 years ago.
How to help the Earth (plastic)
Use a reusable produce bag.
Give up gum.
Buy boxes instead of bottles.
Don't litter using plastic
Facts about plastic around the world
Beaches in the Indonesian town of Muncar heaves with plastic but the local government, working with well-funded international advisers, a recycling company and an army of volunteer collectors have worked to stem the tide of plastic reaching its beaches. It will cost millions of dollars and take years but Muncar may soon have its sand back.
2019 was, for most of the world, the year the petrochemical industry and giant food, drink and beauty companies locked the world even further into fossil fuels, creating mountains of plastic for communities and future generations to deal with and making it almost too late to keep global temperatures in check.
Facts about pollution around the world
Medical experts are calling for councils to be given new powers to tackle indoor air pollution amid mounting evidence it is threatening the health of children in schools, nurseries and homes across the UK.
How to help the Earth (pollution)
Educate
Conserve water
Choose sustainable
Shop wisely
Plant some trees
Volunteer for cleanups in your community
Our opinion
People need to reduce plastic because the animals in the ocean need a home just as much as we do.
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