Komal Kainth

Plastic oxygen. Breath in, Breath out. In that one second 160,000 plastic bags where created. In the next second 160,000 more have been produced. We use plastic bags like we use oxygen. Every second, minute, every hour, more of these environmentally damaging products...

Karman Kapoor

In Canada, every year 2.86 billion plastic bags are used. Plastic has become a go-to resource for businesses. Plastic is an affordable material. While plastic has pros it certainly also has cons. Plastic is not biodegradable. Locally, retail stores use plastic bags...

Angelica Longobardi

My composition highlights non traditional plastic consumed in everyday life. Gum waste approximately equals 100000 tons each year (justoneocean) and is increasing. Gum never decomposes and destroys wildlife as animals may mistake pieces for food. When people consume...

Sidney Shaw

Plastic controls our lives; everyone who has touched an eraser or brushed their teeth has been exposed to plastic. Even our clothes hold tiny plastic particles which we rub against everyday. The reality is that most of our plastic is being shipped to third world...

Lukshana Ganeshananda

Approximately 57 million straws are used by Canadians daily, and where do they end up? In our landfills and oceans. Instead of biodegrading or dissolving, plastic only breaks down into tiny pieces called “micro-plastics” that are ingested by marine life and...

Harguntoj Thind

Did you know Canada generates 31 tons of waste and Toronto spends 25,000,000 dollars on cleaning up this litter? This isn’t just a local problem. People all around the world are crushing our planet because our of addiction to plastic and our horrible carbon...