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For Noodle Tools Citations

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1. Daniel. "The past, present and future of the plastic bottle." osmosys, 18 Jan. 2020, osmosys.eu/the-past-present-and-future-of-the-bottle/. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023. H20, Office. "Why are Disposable Water Bottles Harmful to the Environment?" Office H20,

2. www.officeh2o.com/2020/02/27/why-are-disposable-water-bottles-harmful-to-the-environment/#:~:text=The%20water%20bottling%20process%20releases,times%20less%20than%20tap%20water. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.

3. NCEL. "First in Science: The Economic Impacts of Plastic Pollution." NCEL, www.ncelenviro.org/articles/first-in-science-the-economic-impacts-of-plastic-pollution/. Accessed 30 Mar. 2023.

4. News Hour, PBS. "What if we could put our plastic trash to good use?" Newsela, 5 Oct. 2018, newsela.com/read/plastic-pollution-solutions/id/46366/. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

5. Ramirez, Rachel. "Single-use plastic is wreaking havoc on the planet. Here's what you can do to minimize your impact." CNN, 27 Sept. 2022, www.cnn.com/2022/09/16/us/plastic-recycling-climate-impact-lbg/index.html. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

6. Sullivan, Laura. "Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse." NPR, 24 Oct. 2022, www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1131131088/recycling-plastic-is-practically-impossible-and-the-problem-is-getting-worse. Accessed 24 Mar. 2023.

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Problem/Solution for Food Packing and Plastic Waste

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Problem/Solution for Food Packing and Plastic Waste

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Don’t use plastic water bottles, instead use metal or reusable bottles so you don’t have to keep buying more bottles for more water. Since lots of people go to stores, supermarkets, etc, having reusable grocery bags available could have a major impact on pollution. Everyone might use it since it’s good for the environment and serves the same purpose as non reusable grocery bags. Don’t use plastic utensils (fork, knife spoon) because they are thrown away and only used once compared to metal spoons that last longer.

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Political Impacts on Food Packaging and Plastic Waste

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Political Impacts on Food Packaging and Plastic Waste

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Since many people aren’t recycling but insteading throwing the plastic away, companies have to make more because there isn’t any to repurpose (reuse). About $2.5 trillion are lost every year to marine plastic pollution because plastic isn’t being reused causing more to be made and more money to spend. China’s monthly average of plastic produced is about 6-8 million metric tons making it the leader in plastic production.

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Environmental Impacts on Food Packaging and Plastic Waste

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Environmental Impacts on Food Packaging and Plastic Waste

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Although recycling is good and very important it can be bad in some ways. If we recycle the same piece of plastic, everytime we recycle that piece it will become more toxic. Many people think that when they put their stuff in the recycling bin it will be recycled but it’s mainly ending up in landfills whether you like it or not. Every year about 1.1 million marine animals are killed because of plastic pollution washing into the ocean.

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Human Impacts on Food Packaging and Plastic Waste

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Human Impacts on Food Packaging and Plastic Waste

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In a study scientists have found that we ingest microplastic in plastic packaged food items when we eat them which could lead to a stop in hormone production. Fish eat the plastic in the ocean causing them to possibly die, but when we eat the fish, we’re basically eating plastic and fish which could also lead to some bad health problems. The more we produce and use plastic, the more landfills and areas of the world will become polluted and eventually uninhabitable, so we need to cut down on plastic production.

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History of Food Packaging and Plastic Waste

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History of Food Packaging and Plastic Waste

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Since plastic is an important resource, many companies, countries, etc have found ways to (re)use it for different purposes. The first ever plastic water bottle was made in 1947 but was expensive due to the material used to make it. The water bottle was later reduced in price in 1950 because polyethylene was introduced and was a cheaper alternative than the previous bottles. In 1994 Pepsi was test-marketing Aquafina (brand of bottled water) and a few years later had a marketing campaign.