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Pros of plastic
1. It helps us to protect our food items
2.Plastics enable sustainable, durable, long-lasting design and construction in homes, buildings, and infrastructure like bridges.
3.From computers and cell phones to televisions and microwaves, durable, lightweight and affordable plastics have helped revolutionize the electronics we rely on every day.

Cons of Plastic
Non-Renewable Nature.

Plastics are made of non-renewable resources making it less desirable than its alternatives. It takes millions of years to degrade and end up on landfills disturbing the ecosystem and making way to the food chain of different organisms including humans.

Burning of Plastics Releases Toxic Chemicals

Burning them is not the right solution to go for. When burnt, they release some of the most toxic chemicals that severely impair the lives of different plants and animals.

Environmental Pollution

100 billion plastic bags are thrown away in India each year. This garbage end up on the ocean polluting and disturbing the marine ecosystem. The packaging materials are mostly made of plastics and the presence of microplastics in those packaging materials can very possibly end up on the food we eat on a daily basis. Moreover, they contain harmful compounds.

Pros of Cloth
1. You can use cottn bag 7 thousand 1 hundred times
2.Cloth bags are much more sustainable, nice and practical than plastic bags. They are easy to wash and you can reuse them and avoid hundreds and thousands of plastic bags.
3.Cloth bags use less water, energy and oil and have less impact on air-pollution
4.Pure cotton fabric is easy to pilling and sticking ash, especially for black color products.
5. cotton fiber is a poor conductor of heat and electricity, but also because of the cotton fiber itself has a porous nature, between the fibers can accumulate large amounts of air, air and heat and electricity is a poor conductor, so cotton fiber textiles have good Moisture.

Cons of Cloth
Cloth items prices is higher than polyester, no woven or polyethylene
Pure cotton fabric is easy to pilling and sticking ash, especially for black color products.

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As years passed by, more benefits of plastics started to become evident. Much cheaper to produce and processing required functionalities, it brought down dependencies on natural resources such as metals and wood. Plastic made inroads in almost every aspect of our lives. Today, it would be difficult for anyone to name even a single item that does not have plastic in it. It is omnipresent from grocery bags and packaging to parts of automobiles and even aircraft.

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Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection

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COVID-19 has sparked a global arms race for personal protective equipment (PPE) as governments scramble to protect frontline workers.

But while no-one disputes the current urgency, campaigners are concerned it could worsen another epidemic: plastic pollution.

According to a WWF report, "if just 1% of the masks were disposed of incorrectly and dispersed in nature, this would result in as many as 10 million masks per month polluting the environment

The UN estimates that 13 million tons of plastic are dumped in the sea each year and that half of the plastic produced globally is for single-use items.
Source - EuroNews

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Reduce disposable PPE mask eye protector face protector and use washable PPE masks  etc..
And not using PPE suit made up of Plastic.

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PPE Kits are mostly coming as disposable and people are also plastic alot at this time and not only dumping it on ground people are dumping it on oceans  , public places etc.

This Video will tell you how plastic is bad

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Plastic Pollution: How Humans are Turning the World into Plastic

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Well we can make creative things like plastic boat models etc. or use it a a water container or a laptop stand

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Plastics enable sustainable, durable, long-lasting design and construction in homes, buildings, and infrastructure like bridges.In automotive design, plastics have contributed to a multitude of innovations in safety, performance and fuel efficiency.Plastic packaging helps protect and preserve goods, while reducing weight in transportation, which saves fuel and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.From computers and cell phones to televisions and microwaves, durable, lightweight and affordable plastics have helped revolutionize the electronics we rely on every day.Plastics help make sports safety gear – such as plastic helmets, mouth guards, goggles and protective padding – lighter and stronger to help keep sports enthusiasts of all ages safe. Molded, shock-absorbent plastic foam helps keep feet stable and supported, while rugged plastics shells covering helmets and pads help protect heads, joints and bones.

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Considering that the weight of each mask is about 4 grams, this would result in the dispersion of more than 40 thousand kilograms of plastic in nature," the report stipulated.Much of the PPE being used to protect health workers — like gloves, face masks and gowns — is used once before being thrown away.This is the case despite there being no scientific evidence that single-use plastics are better than reusable ones, said Kevin Stairs, policy director on chemicals and pollution at Greenpeace."When reusing a PPE, we disinfect it. With single-use products, the item is fugitive, escapes the system and can carry the Sars-CoV-2 virus for days on its surface

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People are using a lot of hospital essentials and we are also producing a lot of plastic.

What are the actions that we are taking how many people people are forced to use other materials

Lets find out!

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Due to COVID 19, People have limited time to go out and sometimes people do their work carelessly. In this topic we will find out that how much plastic is burned or thrown in oceans or in Landfills

Lets find out!

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As the global economy struggles with the pressures of Covid-19, some industry groups are using the need for more protective equipment as a means to lobby for the removal of charges and bans on single-use plastics. edie explores why that cannot be allowed to happen.

Reports suggest that concerns around food hygiene due to Covid-19 could increase plastic packaging intensity

The coronavirus outbreak has pushed the global economy into a state of delay. With the main priority rightly being the limitation of the spread of the virus, developed economies have adapted to become digital economies. The standstill this has created has led to global sporting events, music festivals and bespoke conferences all pushed back to later in the year, when it is hoped that mass gatherings will be allowed to take place.

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Cloth bags are better than plastic bags for many reasons, but two of the biggest reasons are: Cloth bags are reusable, decreasing the need to use more materials for single-use production, and. Cloth bags reduce plastic use and therefore plastic pollution.

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Cloth bags are better than plastic bags for many reasons, but two of the biggest reasons are: Cloth bags are reusable, decreasing the need to use more materials for single-use production, and. Cloth bags reduce plastic use and therefore plastic pollution.

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1. Bring your own shopping bag. ...

2. Stop buying bottled water. ...

3. Bring your own thermos to the coffee shop. ...

4. Choose cardboard over plastic bottles and bags. ...

5. Say no to straws. ...

6. Get the plastic off your face. ...

7. Skip the disposable razor. ...

8. Switch from disposable diapers to cloth.

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1 – Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET or PETE or Polyester) ...

2 – High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) ...

3 – Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) ...

4 – Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) ...

5 – Polypropylene (PP) ...

6 – Polystyrene (PS) ...

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70 million metric tons of plastic burned worldwide each year. A new report reveals the scale of the world's plastic problem and the alarming amount of plastic that is burned. Despite the grave and well-documented consequences for human health, about 12 percent of all plastic in the U.S. is burned.

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This is the equivalent of 1345 blue whales & 500 times the number of stars in our galaxy. 4 billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer clutter the sea. Between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes of plastic pieces are dumped into our oceans.

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Only nine percent has been recycled The vast majority—79 percent—is accumulating in landfills or sloughing off in the natural environment as litter .

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By Eric , Bhavik and Avikshit

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Over the last few years, municipalities and companies have set goals or taken action to reduce single-use plastics. But, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, those efforts are being slowed, as the demand for bottled water, face masks, hand sanitizer and cleaning wipes significantly increases.

To name a few examples, Starbucks, Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. and Tim Hortons have stopped filling customers’ reusable cups, and New York State Sen. John Flanagan is pushing for a suspension of the state’s recently enacted plastic bag ban.

Single-use plastic products, in the crosshairs over environmental concerns in recent years, are now getting a boost amid efforts to stop the spread of the virus. Personal drinking cups and reusable shopping bags are being shunned, while sales of bottled water, masks and wipes—made from plastic—have soared. At the same time, some recycling programs are being suspended because of concerns about the virus spreading.

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This year was meant to mark an ultimate shift away from plastic. Two years ago, the UN declared plastic pollution as a global crisis. The announcement came more than 30 years since the discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the vortex of micro-plastics two times the size of Texas halfway between California and Hawaii. Countries and cities introduced new bans, while scientists and activists argued for positive environmental changes.

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This year was meant to mark an ultimate shift away from plastic. Two years ago, the UN declared plastic pollution as a global crisis. The announcement came more than 30 years since the discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the vortex of micro-plastics two times the size of Texas halfway between California and Hawaii. Countries and cities introduced new bans, while scientists and activists argued for positive environmental changes.

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Without a doubt, we are facing an unprecedented crisis with the spread of the coronavirus, and we must all prioritize health and safety and do everything we can to minimize its reach.

Plastics have an important role to play in this pandemic, protecting those working on the front lines in the form of gloves, masks and other medical equipment. But it is worrying that some members of the plastics industry are taking advantage of a climate of fear and uncertainty to actively suspend or roll back hard-won environmental measures to reduce plastic pollution. They are claiming “an abundance of caution” as the reason to reinstate widespread use of single-use plastic bags

According to the analysis, which summarizes the latest knowledge on microplastics in drinking-water, microplastics larger than 150 micrometres are not likely to be absorbed in the human body and uptake of smaller particles is expected to be limited. Absorption and distribution of very small microplastic particles including in the nano size range may, however, be higher, although the data is extremely limited.

That means people are throwing plastic in water
Due to low space and time

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The use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is inherent in the theory of universal precaution, which requires specialized clothing or equipment for the protection of individuals from hazard.

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Good work