application assignment #1
Where does your plastic go ? Plastic is continuing to pile up in these countries that don't have the resources to recycle just last year the equivalent of 68,000 shipping containers of American plastic was exported to developing countries that cannot manage 70% of their own plastic which is effectively destroying the environment as it litters the shore ways and streets of these countries. in some countries they are slowed down maintaining there own waste as they now have an excess to deal with. in the article there was a family that lived in a house on stilts and they described it as " “I cannot accept plastic being imported into our country,” said a resident, Heng Ngy, 58. Ngy and his wife live in a wooden house on stilts that seems to hover on a sea of plastic. A pungent stench wafts up to the open-aired rooms." it is estimated that 20% to 70% of all plastic is non recyclable. The human health is impacted by this as a lot of this plast...
