Hello!I am doing a report on how plastic bags affect the:-Hydrosphere-Atmosphere-Lithosphere-BiosphereAny information will be greatly appreciated!Thanks
It takes alot of chemicals to produce plastic. Plastic is extremely strong and takes forever to decompose. As it degrades, it releases back into the environment (biosphere, atmosphere) the chemicals whch are quite harmful. Decomposing plastics found in our waters (hydrosphere), are harmful to the marine life and birds as they will attempt to eat it thinking it's food. The wildlife get entrapped and caught in it frequently which can be life-threatening or fatal. That's in addition to the chemicals being released into the water.
Plastic comes from oil which affects the biosphere of an ecosystem which is probably like the place where plants and animals live. The impact to the the biosphere is that human activity takes place to pump oil and petroleum to make plastic and the pollution created gets trapped in the atmosphere which creates global warming and the polar bears are becoming extinct.
