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Single-Use Plastic Pollution Crisis in NYC
Single-use plastics have significant negative effects on the environment, wildlife, and human health. They contribute to pollution, with millions of tons ending up in oceans each year, harming marine life through ingestion and entanglement. This pollution also infiltrates food chains, posing health risks to humans as microplastics enter our food and water. The production of single-use plastics depletes fossil fuel resources and is energy-intensive, while their disposal leads to overflowing landfills and costly cleanup efforts. To combat this issue, it’s essential to promote reusable alternatives, support policy changes, and raise awareness about the benefits of reducing plastic use. This infographic displays factual information in regard to the consequences to utilizing…
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Skip The Stuff
Key Takeaways Despite the ease and convenience of single-use plastic within everyday lives and in businesses globally, the use of single-use plastics has caused an immersive health and safety concern for people and the environment. Plastic consumption has quadrupled in the last 30 years (Global Plastics Outlook, 2022) and it is predicted to increase; it is estimated that in 2050 there could be more plastic in the ocean than fish by weight (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2016). With this growing population, it’s only a matter of time before the production, pollution and destruction of single-use plastic starts doing serious harm to not only our environment but to our bodies as well.…
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Hands Off Plastic Bags
Next time you go to the supermarket, be sure to grab your stylish new tote! Reusable tote bags and biodegradable shopping bags have taken over the town as efforts to push sustainability and eco-friendly alternatives to New Yorkers have spurred cultural change. New York State’s law, banning plastic bags took place on March 1st in 2020, however, it wasn’t until October 19, 2020 (Plastic Bag Ban and Paper Bag Fee · NYC311, n.d.) when the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation began to enforce the law. The New York Plastic Bag Task Force says New Yorker’s currently use 23 billion plastic bags each year (NYS Plastic Bag Task Force,…
