Plastic waste is bad for the environment for several reasons as it pollutes the soil, harms wildlife, causes health issues and contributes to climate change.
Researchers have been attempting to find ways to manage this waste. Let’s see 5 creative ways to deal with plastic waste.
Remember in school when we used to be asked to make things out of waste? Artists all around the world practise this and make useful things out of waste!
Some organisations around the world have come up with ways to use melted plastic products combined with additives to build roadways.
Some companies have been able to make furniture from 3D printing using recycled materials. This is a great way to put waste to good use.
An ecobrick is a plastic bottle filled with used plastic to create a building block that can then be used for making furniture, garden walls and among other things.
Upcycling, or creative reuse, is the process of transforming used products into new ones that have higher artistic or environmental value, like using plastic bottles as plant holders, turning used pants into tote bags, etc.
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