Social Studies

What is the sustainability issue?

a. Overuse of plastic.

What causes the issue?

a. Too much packaging and plastic cups etc.

What is being done to solve the issue?

a. No more plastic bags.

What else needs to be done to improve the issue?

a. Plastic should be ban and it should also be illegal. 

Pr1: sustainability issues include a fast-expanding and resource-hungry human population, fossil-fuel burning that accelerates global warming, the imminent peak in cheap oil production (when total demand exceeds easily-affordable supply) and persistent pollutant chemicals and plastics being spread globally in air and oceans. Humans are displacing other life on the planet, speeding the extinction of many species, including here in New Zealand.

Pr2:

 

Pr3:

Give up plastic bags. Take your own reusable ones to the store. Skip straws. Unless you have medical needs, and even then you could use paper ones. Pass up plastic bottles. Invest in a refillable water bottle,. Avoid plastic packaging. Buy bar soap instead of liquid.

Use the 3Rs. Don't litter.

Pr4:

Plastic should be ban and it should also be illegal.