How Plastic Affects Climate Change?

Plastic is like a sneaky friend who doesn’t want to share the Earth’s warmth, and it keeps growing bigger every day.

Plastic comes from oil, which is deep underground, like a big, sleepy dragon. When we make plastic, we wake that dragon up by digging into its sleep. This makes carbon dioxide, a gas that acts like a blanket around the Earth, making it warmer and warmer, just like when you wrap yourself in a cozy blanket on a cold day.

When we throw away plastic, it doesn’t go to sleep. It stays awake in landfills or floats in the ocean for hundreds of years. Some of it turns into microplastics, tiny pieces that are like confetti, but instead of being fun, they're stuck inside animals and even people.

When plastic is thrown away and buried, sometimes it gets hot enough to melt. This melting process releases more carbon dioxide, just like when you leave a candle burning too long and the wax starts to drip everywhere.

So, every time we use plastic bags, bottles, or even toy cars made of plastic, we're helping this sneaky friend keep the Earth warm, and it might get too warm for everyone one day. Plastic is like a sneaky friend who doesn’t want to share the Earth’s warmth, and it keeps growing bigger every day.

Plastic comes from oil, which is deep underground, like a big, sleepy dragon. When we make plastic, we wake that dragon up by digging into its sleep. This makes carbon dioxide, a gas that acts like a blanket around the Earth, making it warmer and warmer, just like when you wrap yourself in a cozy blanket on a cold day.

When we throw away plastic, it doesn’t go to sleep. It stays awake in landfills or floats in the ocean for hundreds of years. Some of it turns into microplastics, tiny pieces that are like confetti, but instead of being fun, they're stuck inside animals and even people.