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PLASTIC POLLUTION AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT:

Climate change is the single biggest crisis that the current world is facing, and environmental pollution is one of the leading causes of this crisis. Plastic is a significant contributor to environmental pollution. Plastic pollution is generally termed as when plastics begin to have a catastrophic effect on the environment and risks the lives of humans and animals after being huddled on for a long time in a place. As the world population grows, so does the plastic commodity production; these limitless plastic production and consumption due to its low-price rate and durability are giving rise to plastic pollution. Plastic possesses toxic pollutants that pose a threat to the living organisms, and its durable trait for many years (up to 500 years) makes it non-compostable. Since plastics cannot be exterminated wholly, it excessively hampers the natural life causing pollution in every sector of environments like soil, air, and water bodies.