Research Log # - Solutionary Project 2022

Date: 3-8-23
Name: Keegan Kahalehoe
Essential Question: How well will reusable products replace single use products?

Three Points to Prove: #1: Single use products cause more waste

#2: Reusable products reduce waste

#3: Single use products damage the enviornment.

Point that this Source Proves: Single use products damage the enviornment

Excerpts (These should provide insight into the Point to Prove)

At the start of the article Vasarhelyi writes “Single use plastics are becoming increasingly prevlant
across the world. These plastics most obviously create eyesores and pose a threat to the natural
ecosystems they make their way into”.

The article also writes that “Plastics do not fully decompose and instead just continually break down
into smaller and smaller pieces called microplastics. Microplastics pose a huge risk to wildlife and
extremely difficult to clean up.”

“Worldwide over 300 million tons of plastic is produced every single year, half of this is single use
plastics” writes Vasarhelyi.

Analysis (How does this source support the Point to Prove?):

This source proves that single use plastic production damages our environment. Single use plastic is
produced from fossil fuels. The process of making plastic creates huge amounts of greenhouse gases.
Plastic makes about 12.5 go 1.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases. Also, landfills are where single
use plastics are sent. It accounts for over 15% of methane emissions. More plastics make the landfill
size bigger and the emissions bigger. Also, single use products are thrown away and these products can
be lost and can drift into our oceans and sea life can eat it and die.
Work Cited (correct MLA format):

Vasarhelyi, Kayla. “The Climate Impact of Single Use Plastics.” Environmental Center, 25 Feb. 2021,
https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/2021/02/25/climate-impact-single-use-plastics.

This is a reputable and reliable article because

This article was written by someone of University of Colorado Boulder. A big University college.