{"id":4219,"date":"2020-10-09T00:40:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T17:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/student-activity.binus.ac.id\/tfi\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2020-09-24T00:55:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T17:55:46","slug":"why-we-need-to-stop-using-single-use-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/student-activity.binus.ac.id\/tfi\/2020\/10\/why-we-need-to-stop-using-single-use-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY WE NEED TO STOP USING SINGLE USE PLASTIC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Single use plastics are made out of fuel-based chemicals and literally meant to be disposed right after use. We often use single use plastics in form of bottles, bags, straws, wrappers, packaging, and etc. Plastic is a chain of synthetic polymers that was invented in the mid-19th<\/sup> century and its popularity starts to rise at the 1970s. Since then, single use plastic are starting to replace traditional paper or glass because it\u2019s way lighter and more durable.<\/p>\n

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According to the Geyer Jambeck Law 2017 the single use plastic waste has been increased throughout years. On 2015 as many as 300 million tons of plastic waste was generated. It\u2019s a huge amount right? And what\u2019s terrible is those plastic waste are end up in the ocean. Marine\u00a0 plastic\u00a0 litter\u00a0 is\u00a0 increasingly recognized\u00a0 as\u00a0 one\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 greatest\u00a0 threats\u00a0 to\u00a0 global\u00a0 oceans,\u00a0 and\u00a0 the living creatures who\u00a0 depend\u00a0 on\u00a0 them. The impact of plastic pollution through ingestion and entanglement of marine fauna, ranging from zooplankton to cetaceans, seabirds and marine reptiles, are well documented. The plastic they adsorb transfer to their tissues and organs which impacting marine mega fauna as well as lower trophic-level organism as well as their predators. Both\u00a0 macro\u00a0 and\u00a0 micro plastics\u00a0 have\u00a0 been found\u00a0 from\u00a0 small\u00a0 zooplankton\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 largest\u00a0 whales,\u00a0 from\u00a0 worms\u00a0 burying in\u00a0 the\u00a0 seabed\u00a0 to\u00a0 seabirds\u00a0 feeding\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 upper\u00a0 ocean.<\/p>\n

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In Indonesia the single use plastic waste are also concerning. Marine\u00a0 plastic\u00a0 litter\u00a0 in\u00a0 Indonesia is not only on the sea\u2019s surface and beach,\u00a0 but also\u00a0 has been\u00a0 found\u00a0 in\u00a0 deep\u00a0 sea\u00a0 sediment\u00a0 ranging\u00a0 from\u00a0 66.8\u00a0 to 2182\u00a0 M\u00a0 in\u00a0 southwestern\u00a0 Sumatra\u00a0 waters\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 eastern\u00a0 Indian\u00a0 Ocean. 8 out of 10 marine sampling location is containing micro plastic. Not only in the ocean but plastic litter are also filled the land. The largest landfill in Indonesia, Bantar Gebang Landfill is a ticking time bomb. Bantar Gebang is located in Bekasi is literally the mountain of trash. Every day, 6,500 to 7,000 tons of trash end up in Bantar Gebang. If this waste are not proceed with a viable method the dump may shut down in 2021 which only 1 year left from now. And when a landfills are overfilled there is a chance for an explosion to take place. So what should we do?<\/p>\n

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You can save the earth by doing simple action such as swap single use plastic with reusable goods. Do you know that it is estimated that somewhere in between 500 billion and one trillion plastic bags are consumed throughout the world each year. You can swap your single use plastic bags with the reusable one. Start to bring your own reusable straw, cutlery, water bottle, food container whenever you go outside to avoid the single use one. Or maybe you can start to recycle your waste or accumulate your single use plastic and send them to the waste management. Let\u2019s save our earth together, make the world a better place to live in!<\/p>\n

References<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Aziza, A. N. (2019, October 14). Vice<\/em>. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_in\/article\/7x54jd\/the-worlds-largest-dump-is-in-indonesia-and-its-a-ticking-time-bomb
\nEriksen M, L. L. (2014). Plastic Pollution in the World\u2019s Oceans:. PLoS ONE<\/em>, 15.
\nGogte, M. (2009). Are Plastic Grocery Bags Sacking the Environment? International Journal for Quality Research<\/em>, 364.
\nLindwall, C. (2020, January 9). NRDC<\/em>. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/stories\/single-use-plastics-101#:~:text=Put%20simply%2C%20single%2Duse%20plastics,wrappers%2C%20straws%2C%20and%20bags.
\nPost, T. J. (2018, October 28). Jakarta Post<\/em>. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2018\/10\/29\/bantar-gebang-dumpsite-has-three-years-left-official.html
\nUNEP. (2018). SINGLE-USE PLASTICS: A roadmap for sustainabiity. United Nation Environment Programme<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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