I was surprised to know that China has just started garbage sorting for only two years until I have heard Mr. Yan’s speech. I mean it felt pretty long, and I wish we started it earlier.
Learning from the reading, I was aware that now around half of the plastic humans made is using on packaging products, and one of every three pounds of all plastic produced is used for packaging.
Combining with Mr. Yan’s message, all the plastic they recycled will be burned. I used to think that there will be a good place for them to go, but now I know the plastic we throw away is going to be a huge waste and huge pollution to our environment.
I start to feel horrible for using plastic products, while I still believe that there are better endings for plastic rather than burning them. Humans are using uncountable plastic products each, it’s hard to imagine how much pollution those plastic products will produce. It is urgent to figure something out.
I know in order to urge others from realizing this crisis and start to do something, I must start with myself. I stopped purchasing any plastic bags long time ago, but I never realize that there’s tons of plastic was used on the packaging, especially when I purchasing stuff online. So, what I’m going to do is do as less online-purchasing as possible. Unless I can’t purchase some products from my local area, I won’t be shopping online. This does not only cut down the use of plastic, but also saves the energy on transporting the package on its way to my place.
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