See Why You Need To Minimize The Extensive Use Of Plastics

The use of plastics is spread all over the country with people neglecting its accompanying harmful effects.

Our indigenous parents did not have anything like plastics but they were also able to live an enjoyable life. Science and technology seem to make life improved but it also comes with their accompanying effects due to how improper some of the products are used. It is through Science and Technology that plastics have been introduced to improve man's life but the health threats they pose are enormous and beyond our immediate imagination. As we are all apparently seeing how negatively plastics are impacting our lives, we need not neglect the solutions to stop these problems as soon as we can

 The serious implications of careless and excessive use of plastics have posed a lot of challenges to the environment and citizens tend to blame authorities for not doing the expected

With man's ingenuity, ceramics products have long ago been produced to serve man's needs. Formerly, when plastic cups and plates were not in existence, calabashes were used for drinking purposes and when you use the calabash to drink specifically water from a ceramic pot, it is such an unforgettable experience that you will have.

Explore some extensive uses of clay

 When hot foods are poured into plastic cups and plates, the contents get to disintegrate into the food but because this is not visible, it is just not noticed by many. Meanwhile the provisions God has made never have any side effects. There is therefore the need for all to patronize ceramic products for domestic use. It is only a change in attitudes that can help to get the improvement we always anticipate. The use of plastics by individuals and the community has made the government spend a lot of money on waste management whereas that money can be put into developmental projects.

The calabash tree is pictured in the Volta Region.

The calabash tree has the pod available throughout the seasons and through the ingenuity of the people, it is harvest at the right time and turned into calabash for different purposes in the house.

Actions to curb the menace

• Reducing the usage

There have always been countless innovations by people towards how to control the extensive use of plastics. Women especially carry bags along when going to purchase foodstuffs in the market but as people go for stuffs, shopping baskets are very good alternatives to make sure that too much plastic rubbers are not brought to the house. 

 Items in a polyethylene rubber.

• Using biodegradable packaging 

Food vendors and households should try to innovative ways of using natural leaves to wrap foods.  A common example of this is the use of maize husk to wrap a corn-made food called "Kenkey". Indeed, the use of these materials which are biodegradable like leaves are less expensive options and even promote healthy nutrition.

• Control of daily plastic usage

Though it can be challenging for to go without the use of plastics, there needs to be intentional preparations to control how we use them to inhibit the dangers of their excessive use. Since plastics do not decompose when dumped, it is a serious problem how to deal with them and so stringent measures and efforts by every single person is crucial to push the fight against the negative effects of plastics use.

Apparently, everyone can attest to the truth of how plastics get to affect us in many negative ways. Manufacturers can research further to use materials that decompose so that after products of the packages are consumed, the containers don't turn out to be loads of trap or nuisance for us. Now bioplastics and biodegradable plastics are available to manage the situation which are very good options but only that it is expensive coming out with these products. In the future, these positive alternatives will become cheaper and encourage a balance in the environment in regards to activities of humans that pollute the environment.

 

• Sustainable production

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlines various standards for everyone in any sector to ensure that there is sustainable production or manufacturing, consumption in order that throughout the human activities that occur on the earth, none poses a threat to the ecosystem and even generations to come. Manufactures of products now have that responsibility to consider their product well to meet approved standards and likewise the packaging used to protect the products and even in transporting them.