PLASTIC-A BOON OR A BANE

In today's world, plastic has become an important and crucial product of our lifestyle. Plastic was invented for fulfilling the basic needs and wants. It is available in many different varieties shapes, sizes and thickness. Plastic can be molded in different shapes and sizes. Plastic is useful in many ways.

Talking about its advantages, plastic can be said as a boon for human. Plastic is used as carry bags which helps us to carry many different things. It is used by all the people as it is easily available at very cheap rates. It has become necessity of our lives. Earlier bags were made out of cotton or jute. But with the passage of time, it is not possible to make every carry bag of jute or cotton because of the prices. The cotton and jute bags were replaced by plastic bags and they look good and are much easier to carry. Plastic bottles, plastic chairs, plastic toys are used by everyone. Even plastic containers have taken its place in our kitchen as they are easy to handle and quick to wash than mud pots. Unbreakable plastic material is used in the making of lots of products and is also used in the manufacturing of various articles like television, tape recorder, computers, cellphones etc. In our day to day lives we use plastic in the form of pens, boxes and many electrical appliances like tube light holder etc.

Plastic has many disadvantages too. It is very harmful for our health and our life. It can't be removed or destroyed. Plastic is also harmful for soil. soil loses its fertility, if it is buried in the land. Plastic is also harmful for water as water will become polluted and will cause diseases if plastic is dumped into it.

Plastic should be recycled. Wherever not required, its usage should be stopped. We should cultivate the habit of using cloth bags or paper bags instead of plastic bags because it doesn't create pollution. Instead of using plastic containers, steel containers should be used; instead of dumping water bottles here and there, we should send them for recycling. The usage of plastic cannot be completely stopped but can be lessened. It is boon as well as a bane to mankind.






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