PROPER PLASTIC DISPOSAL

According to J.D. Gu (2021). Plastics are useful in daily life in different communities, its
post-use can change different parameters of the world if not well managed. Some of these
effects could be harmful to the environment, including human beings. Before the management
of plastic wastes, it is important to elaborate on some of the harmful effects which the poor
management of plastics can cause after utilization. Non-biodegradability and poor waste
management can cause series of environmental hazards to safety and choking of the drains in
urban cities and other production areas. These physicochemical properties of plastics contribute
to their usefulness, and their wastes after utilization are thrown away their durability advantage,
which supports their usefulness and wastes after utilization. They are thrown away their
durability advantage, which supports them persisting under different environmental
conditions.The municipal solid waste counted under 10%–12% of the plastic residue is
combusted. After the combustion process, the gases are released into the environment, which
increases air pollution and causes greenhouse effects. The substance released in the
atmosphere are furans, mercury, dioxins, and polychlorinated biphenyls. Immediate measures
and implementations are needed to address and manage them properly, which can protect the
environment. This is also applied in an aqueous environment for aquatic
and aquaculture protection since many of these contaminants are hydrophobic, plastic in
the aquatic environment is potentially acting as a sink for contaminants which make them less
accessible to wildlife, particularly if they are buried on the seafloor. The poor disposal and
plastic waste mistreatment effects are categorized under three main classes, including the
effects of plastic waste on animals, public health, and environmental pollution.  provides an
illustration of the fate of plastic materials with harmful impacts on the ecosystem.
Plastic wastes are rapidly produced and exposed at a high rate due to the world's industrial
development and population growth. Both biodegradable and non-degradable wastes are highly
generated from man-made activities (operational sectors and climatic conditions, industrial
growth, socio-economic development) and the natural processes of living creatures.
Government municipalities, social communities, and local authorities have established different
measures and environmental safety legislation rules that can guide the population to dispose of
plastic waste after utilization. In these waste management strategies, several are scientifically
based, such as recycling, incineration, bioremediation, and landfills. These methods are
established to have a clean environment and good plastic waste disposal.

Strategies have been organized in three sections: (1) production of plastics dealing with
improvements at an industrial level, including usefulness of life cycle assessments; (2)
consumption of plastics products by reducing their appeal to consumers, especially through
education; and (3) waste management advocating for the recycling and recovery of plastic
waste. Key findings from this review were developed into recommendations for stakeholders to
improve the management of plastics. Recommendation presented herein will contribute to the
implementation of a circular economy (from cradle-to-cradle) and reduction of mismanaged
plastic waste entering the oceans [16].
RECYCLING
Recycling refers to the waste management method which collects waste materials and converts
them into raw materials that can be reused to form other valuable products. It is also be known
as “renewing or reusing” to prevent the harmful effect on society and environmental protection.
The plastics are non-biodegradable as carbon-based products and other polymers. It contains
bottles and other materials that can be melted and transformed into other products like plastic
tables and chairs. This process is performed in the following six steps: collecting waste plastics,
sorting, or arranging plastics into categories, washing to remove impurities, shredding and
resizing, identifying and separating plastics, and compounding [25]. There are several benefits
of plastic waste recycling that the world can gain when plastic are reused rather than disposing
of them in non-desirable places, one of the advantages is the protection of human life by
decreasing carbon dioxide and other harmful gases in the atmosphere, which can occur during
incineration or combustion of the wastes [48].

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