Plastic and Its Impact on the Environment and Health

Plastic waste has become one of the major environmental problems of our time. Plastic has a significant impact on human health and on the environment we live in. Understanding this influential material, which has made life on Earth easier in so many ways, helps us prevent more and more of the damage it causes.

Companies across the plastics industry are also coming up with solutions to use plastic more efficiently and reduce the damage it causes, and governments and cultures around the world have taken steps in the same direction. In this section of the Sapel magazine, we look at the different impacts of plastic, along with creative solutions and methods that help us protect our health and the environment.