There is a lot of news about the pollution become a trending. It shows us the fact that our planet is currently in crisis because of our (human) fault. Water pollution, air pollution, light pollution and the most recognised lately is the plastic pollution. Janet A Beckley from University of Georgia make an infographic which deeply explain about plastic pollution. Most of the plastic produced worldwide is only about 9% been recycled and the rest of it will be waste that last until 2050.
Plastic pollution is affecting out planet and our next generation by create other pollution. At the same time, it aggressively kills animals especially marine. Plastic that related with toxins have poisoned them and give a damage to the world’s ecosystem. Once pollution happened, it will cost a lot of money clean the affected areas not included the loss of plant life, animals and people.
Still, it has not too late to change what has happened. We could still possible to prevent the pollution before it gets wider and make more disaster to our planet. Plastic Oceans make an informative infographic about how people could help planet by reduce the using of plastics. It purposely made to increase people understanding and awareness about the plastic pollution that happening on earth. Check their blog here to see more information about the oceans.
There are a lot of community that have join to prevent the pollution in order to save our planet for the future generation. Celebrity participate to gain more people attention and concern about the environment. Lil Dicky is an example of a singer that engage other famous singer and people to realised what happen with the earth by his song, “Earth”. Its music video published 18 April 2019 and has gained 149 million viewers. This is a video that worth to watch.
References:
Beckley, J. (2019). Plastic Pollution Infographic. Ocean. Retrieved June 26, 2019, from https://ocean.si.edu/conservation/pollution/plastic-pollution-infographic
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