Many types of plastics persist in landfills and in the environment where they are inadvertently ingested by animals and are making their way up the food chain. Although recycling would be a good way t...Many types of plastics persist in landfills and in the environment where they are inadvertently ingested by animals and are making their way up the food chain. Although recycling would be a good way to reduce the plastics in the landfills, currently “only 5% out of 1 trillion plastic bags, annually produced in the US alone, are being recycled” (Sivan, 2011).
Many types of plastics persist in landfills and in the environment where they are inadvertently ingested by animals and are making their way up the food chain. Although recycling would be a good way t...Many types of plastics persist in landfills and in the environment where they are inadvertently ingested by animals and are making their way up the food chain. Although recycling would be a good way to reduce the plastics in the landfills, currently “only 5% out of 1 trillion plastic bags, annually produced in the US alone, are being recycled” (Sivan, 2011).