Billions of plastic bottles end up in landfills every year and do not degrade. These bottles make their way into streams and oceans and pose a threat to all of Earth’s creatures.
One might react with the response, “Doesn’t plastic get recycled?”. Well, recycling rates have remained steady while production of plastic has greatly increased. Try to remember the last time you were in a supermarket and heard “glass clean-up in aisle four.” Think about all the products that are encapsulated in plastic. Sadly, our unbreakable plastic world is contributing to a broken planet.
It is time to start demanding an alternative to plastic. Companies are now finding ways to make plastics from plants such as corn and wheat. Products are already on the market such as the corn-based BioBag. Corn-based plastic bottles are even less prevalent though and have not been utilized by larger corporations.