Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

Curses of plastic on environment

  • Author:
  • Philip Mody, Riko Mihu
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 55 to 60

Department of Commerce, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono-Hills, Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Online published on 19 January, 2012.

Abstract

Plastics are in receipt of several cat- calls on different grounds in recent times. Plastic make dreaded impacts on all spheres of the environment- the atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere. Its negative impacts on man, animal, aquatic life is incredible. It is of great concern that man should stop producing plastic anymore. However, he has to walk to every corner to make plastics recycled through breakthrough researches if plastics have to be the most useful products of a man in an attempt to make the Earth ever evergreen. Further, most of the plastic do not rot or are biodegradable on which still a man need to work his fingers to the bone to look up for possible elucidations.

This paper endeavor to discuss curses of plastic upon the environment. Moreover, an attempt is also made in this paper to identify possible panaceas to problems posed by plastics upon environment.

Keywords

Environment, Parkesine, Plastic, Sustainability