What to do to handle plastic waste?

Currently, plastic waste is a hot issue of the whole society. If not collected and treated, it has many potential risks to the environment and human health, so what to do to handle plastic waste is a common question of many people.

Plastic waste and plastic waste pollution

Plastic waste is difficult to decompose waste, can exist for many years in any environment, including disposable plastic products such as plastic caps, plastic bottles, plastic straws, plastic bags ... If do not dispose of plastic waste but directly dispose it into the environment, it will gradually accumulate, not decompose, causing bad impacts on the environment, ecosystems, even threatening human health. .

According to statistics, in Vietnam, each year about 1.8 million tons of plastic waste is generated and this number is showing signs of increasing.

Proper disposal of plastic waste

Treating plastic waste is a way to limit its negative impact on the environment. Before treatment, the waste owner needs to know how to minimize the use of plastic, and seriously collect and classify plastic waste, absolutely do not dispose of plastic waste into the environment.

Currently, there are many ways to treat plastic waste with high efficiency, such as:

• Burning: burning plastic waste to create energy for other industries, but the burning process should be strictly controlled to ensure it does not cause any problems that harm the environment.
• Recycling plastic waste: this is the most common and preferred method. This way we can take advantage of plastic waste to create useful new products.