How to structure a one-minute response (Waxworm) by tammy wu https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s Organisation/Structure en-us 2017-11-13 00:40:19 UTC 2025-11-08 06:43:13 UTC hello@padlet.com Worms generally have a negative connotation to most people. twu3 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206061502 It is an insect which is disgusting because it always crawls in the mud.  Just imagining it would already make you think of BNN, who is horrendous.  However, after reading this passage about waxworms, I realised that worms like waxworms can benefit mankind.  They can devour plastic at an excessively high speed, which can alleviate the global crisis of plastic waste.   

Therefore, despite its disgusting appearance, worms also have their value.
 ]]> 2017-11-13 00:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206061502 Q.3 I disagree with discontinuing plastic production. https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206190430 Although plastic is said to be extremely harmful to the environment, for example, trap marine creatures or create loads of garbage in the landfill, plastic is still very essential and almost a necessity to human life. Instead of completely making plastic production come to a halt, we should make use of our advanced technology to improve the plastic products’ quality. With new alternatives available, plastic no longer has to be non biodegradable as plastic can be derived from plant sources, such as corn or palm. These “green plastic “ are said to be easily decomposed and even if animals mistakenly consume them, it wouldn’t harm the animals too. ]]> 2017-11-13 12:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206190430 Q11 (beky pun) beky https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206210033 I think that if the world didn’t have any plastic, people’s lives would be less convenient. As plastic plays important roles in food packaging nowadays, like the bottles of drinks, snacks, fruits, etc. It helps to make the food last longer and prevents them from turning bad so quickly. Therefore, if there were no plastic, our lives would be more inconvenient. Nevertheless, no plastic waste would be produce which would in fact ease the environmental problems caused by plastic waste. All in all, without plastic, our lives would be less convenient but with less environmental crises.]]> 2017-11-13 13:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206210033 Q11 Ellie https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206210202 From our perspective, it would be very inconvenience to have no plastic in our daily life. That is because we have numerous things made of plastic that help us a lot. For example, plastic bag allows us to carry many things using just one hand and plastic bottles are good container of drinks. We would loss many useful container or objects if plastic disappeared. However, when we focus on the natural environment, using no plastic would definitely help conserve the environment. In nowadays, everywhere is plastic waste. Apart from making the environment dirty, it may kill the vulnerable wild animals like sea turtles being killed by plastic bags. Therefore, instead of using no plastic, we should also form a habit of using less plastic in order to conserve the natural environment.]]> 2017-11-13 13:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206210202 Q8 by Jolie Chan s114012 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206214156 No, I would not like to keep waxworms to eat my plastic waste.
Because waxworms are disgusting to me, it is also very troublesome to breed them in a large quantity.
On the other hand, even waxworms are proved to devour plastic at high speed, there are also many different ways to deal with plastic wastes which are easier and more effective, such as recycling the plastic products instead of throwing them away into landfill so it will become unnecessary to decompose plastic.
Another way is to reduce the use of plastic so that less waste is accumulated.
All in all, there are more and better ways to deal with the problem of plastic wastes, and hence it is never a good idea to keep waxworms.

]]> 2017-11-13 13:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206214156 Q11(steffi) https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206239950 If there is no plastic in our world, there will be both benefits and detriments.
 Firstly, there will be less plastic waste which is definitely beneficial to the environment as it helps ease the burden of the landfills. As plastic is not biodegradable, therefore, it becomes litter which will pollite the ocean, rivers and cities. Hence, damaging the aquatic lifes. However, our life will be mich more inconvenient without plastic as nowadays many of the packaging of food are wrapped in platic in order prevent contamination of the product. 
In conclusion, despite without plastic in our world can help conserve the environment, there are inconvenience caused by not having plastic.]]> 2017-11-13 14:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206239950 Q8 (Natasha) s114096 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206242301 I wouldn't keep waxworms to eat my plastic waste. 

Using waxworms to decompose plastic waste is certainly a great solution to the current global crisis of plastic waste. However, I think the actual process of having the plastic waste devoured by waxworms should be carried out and monitored by professionals. We may lack the knowledge to breed and provide the suitable environment for the waxworms to live, which may in turn cause for example, hygienic problems to us.

Therefore, I think we should let the professionals keep the waxworms to eat the plastic waste instead of keeping them ourselves.

]]> 2017-11-13 14:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206242301 Q8 Carmen Li s114090 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206251314 No, I would not keep waxworms to eat my plastic waste. Firstly, a large amount of waxworms would need to be bred in order to decompose the immense amount of plastic waste. Moreover, waxworms can only dissolve plastic at a really slow speed, making the solution unfeasible. 
Secondly, as I have no experience in keeping worms, I would not be able to take care of them properly. To make things worse, they might harm hygienic problems and spread diseases if I cannot handle them in the correct way. 
Therefore, I would not consider keeping waxworms as decomposers for plastic waste.]]> 2017-11-13 14:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206251314 Q8 agatha s114057 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206251694 In my perspective, waxworms will not be a good solution to the global waste crisis.
Firstly, people generally do not want to keep worms at their homes.  Worms, which always wriggle, are disgusting to most people.  Even though they can devour plastic at a staggering rate, people do not have the willingness to keep the worms.  Secondly, most people will oppose to the way of using waxworms.  Waxworms are insects, which can easily bring bacteria.  Thirdly, breeding waxworms is a complicated task, which normal people may not be able to handle.  If people with zero knowledge, they may breed them wrongly and lead to consequences.
All in all, Version:1.0 StartHTML:000000199 EndHTML:000307538 StartFragment:000307334 EndFragment:000307398 StartSelection:000307334 EndSelection:000307398 SourceURL:https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s       How to structure a one-minute response            
waxworms will not be a good solution to the global waste crisis.
waxworms will not be a good solution to the global waste crisis.
]]> 2017-11-13 14:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206251694 Q3 (Emily) dreampurchaser5 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206256479 I firmly believe that we should stop making plastic products. Plastic products make up a colossal part of our rubbish produced. Rubbish that will only continue to pile up if plastic products are reproduced time and time again, rubbish that contributes to the growing issue of environmental pollution. Only by stopping the large scale production of plastic products can the issue of pollution be alleviated. However, some may argue that plastic products are a necessity to our everyday lifestyle and greatly benefit us. I do agree that plastic products does have its pros and is helpful, but ultimately, as the growing problem of pollution continue to trouble our planet, human wants and lifestyle benefits cease to matter. Hopefully, before our planet is plagued by plastic pollution, there can be a solution to replace plastic products.]]> 2017-11-13 14:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206256479 Q4 (Winnie) s114114 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206257783 When plastic ends up as trash, it causes long-term effects such as pollution to the environment. As plastic takes years to biodegrade, it is often incinerated which releases toxic chemicals and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Hence, there would be air pollution. What is more, it is found that a huge number of plastic is dumped into the ocean which leads to marine life pollution. Not only does it affect the water quality, but also kills marine animals as they mistake it for food such as jellyfish. Therefore, it threatens our ecosystem.]]> 2017-11-13 14:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206257783 Q8 Marie Fung https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206275411 I would not keep waxworms to eat my plastic waste. To start with, I do not enjoy looking at waxworms as they are perceived as gruesome and detestable creatures to me, just talking about them reminds me of their revolting appearance. Not only worms, a lot of insects are frightful to me. I believe there are a lot of other people who feel the same way as I do. And so, it is impossible for a insect fearer like me to keep them. Furthermore, it is unviable to keep them in our own households due to the lack of space in most Hongkongers’ home. Instead of keeping them myself, I would rather leave them to the professionals. Since they have much more knowledge on waxworms and resources to develop this natural solution, they are capable of facilitating this method of reducing plastic waste more effectively. It would be ideal if we separates plastic waste and have them collected in a designated area where waxworms are bred to focus on devouring plastic. In this way, the solution will be implemented more easily in this crowded city and our environment can be saved. Therefore, I would not keep waxworms on my own to eat my plastic waste.]]> 2017-11-13 15:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206275411 Q8 (Sharon) s114144 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206285180 Undoubtedly, I would not keep waxworms to eat my plastic waste. Firstly, being someone who fears insect to the core, keeping waxworms would be a complete nightmare to me. Even having to see only one of those disgusting worms wriggle and crawl at home everyday would be horrendous. Not to mention,keeping a whole group of them at home. Therefore, there is no chance at all for me to keep waxworms at home even if they help me eat my plastic waste. Secondly, I have never had any kind of experience in keeping insects or worms, I'm no professional or expert in taking care of and breeding waxworms. Therefore,being a beginner in keeping waxworms, may bring serious consequences such as hygienic problems to the house if I deal with the worms using the wrong method and techniques. In conclusion, I'm not interested in keeping waxworms, they should be left for experts and professionals to keep and take care of.]]> 2017-11-13 15:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206285180 Q9 by Natalie Chow Nataliechow https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206358378 I personally find this natural solution idealistic but the limited space in Hong Kong calls into question its feasibility.
First of all, plastic wastes problem has always been a global concern since it cannot be decomposed by simple method while keeping it would lead to negative effect to the environment.This recently found natural solution therefore becomes an ideal method to ease this global problem without causing harmful effects to our personal lives.
On the contrary, the feasibility of this solution in Hong Kong is undoubtedly questionable when most Hongkongers live in cramped flats without a garden, making the act of keeping worms at home a mission impossible. 
To conclude, I believe the natural solution of decomposing plastics using waxworm  is viable in most foreign countries but not the case in Hong Kong.
]]> 2017-11-13 17:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206358378 Q8 (Sonia) soniabee0712 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206514484 I would not like to keep waxworms to eat my plastic waste. Undoubtedly, waxworms are proven to be great decomposers of plastic waste and can biodegrade plastic waste at a high speed. However, to be honest, I find waxworms very disgusting hence keeping waxworms to eat my plastic waste would not be a feasible solution. What is more, I believe that using waxworms to biodegrade plastic waste, it is neccessary to breed them in a large quantity. For me, I believe that there is lack of space and knowledge to breed waxworms in a large scale, therefore keeping waxworms to eat up my plastic waste is impossible. Instead, I would try to reduce my plastic consumption as well as recycling plastic in order to help conserve the environment.]]> 2017-11-13 22:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206514484 Q8 (Jasmine Choi) s114029 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206526065 Even though keeping waxworms to eat plastic sounds disgusting, this plan might be worth a try.
Firstly, by doing so, the plastic waste in my home can be biodegraded by natural methods. It is the safest way to handle plastic waste as plastic is hard to decompose in soil, and might release harmful chemicals in the process. With waxworms, the problem of polluted soil in landfills can be solved.
Moreover, keeping waxworms to devour plastic can help ease the burden of saturated landfills. With more plastic being decomposed at my own home, the less plastic will be sent to landfills. This can surely decrease the numbers of waste in a landfill.
In conclusion, the idea of keeping worms might be intimidating, but it's worth a try, just to save the place we all live in.]]> 2017-11-13 23:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206526065 Q9 Shannon https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206545548 The solution in the article will provide a temporary solution to plastic waste but should not be considered as a long term problem.
First, being able to decompose plastic waste is definitely exciting. Breeding waxworks are going to reduce plastic waste. However, considering the amount of plastic waste produced, waxworks will not be able to decompose a large percent of the waste. Thus, waxworms would only remain a short term solution. In the long run, we still have to work to reduce the plastic waste produced by implementing levies or raising the public’s awareness. Only a change in our lifestyle can tackle the root cause of the problem.]]> 2017-11-14 01:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206545548 Q9 (JoJo) s114107 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206578327 In my view, this solution is an posssible but improbable one to the immense crisis of plastic waste. Although it is a groundbreaking discovery that waxworms are capable of decomposing these by-products of our modern life, that we can seek a sustainable way out from this problem of plastic waste, their contributions are negligible when it comes to the massive amount of plastic waste worldwide. According to the article, it takes a hundred waxworms an entire month to break up just a single plastic bag. Even if we utilise this “worm power” on a large scale, its contribution will only be a tip of the iceberg, when we compare the relatively inefficiency of the worms to the rapidly accumulating lumps of plastics. Therefore, I think the solution is not a feasible way to solve the problem.]]> 2017-11-14 05:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206578327 Q11 Cathy cat_cathy1007 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206670020 Plastic is a light material which may be molded into different objects easily. It is relatively low cost and easy to manufacture comparing to the other materials like wood, stone and metal. Many different kinds of goods made up of plastic make our daily life more convenient. The process of plastic production may bring pollution to the air and sea. It may also cause harm to marine lives if it isn't handled carefully. So we should reduce the usage of plastic and cut down the amount of disposable products in life to help. We may try to find substitutes which are more environmentally-friendly to produce. All in all, plastic plays an important role in our life but it may pollute the environment if we abuse them, so we must make a balance between our needs and the environment.]]> 2017-11-14 12:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206670020 Q13 Paris paristyt0281 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206710088 I think landfills is not a good solution to decompose waste. As the land is limited, if we just depose of the waste onto the landfills without considering if they can be reused in any other ways, the landfills will soon be fully-filled up, Like the situation in Hong Kong. Landfills release methane, which is fatal for humans and can cause chronic and terminal diseases to human. It can also light up easily and entire landfills can be on fire in no time. Also, as most landfills are open, the toxic waste would exude gases. Instead of landfills, I think recycling is a better solution to treat the waste. Because sometimes the waste we throw away can actually ne reproduced to other useful things,such as turning a shoe box into a container. In conclusion, to solve the environmental problems around the world, alternative solutions of decomposition of waste have to be considered to replace the landfills.

]]> 2017-11-14 14:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206710088 Q8 Shaneka Foo https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206734579 I would not like to have waxworms at my home. First off, they are actually insects which are pretty disgusting and might be unhygienic. They excrete around my home after eating up the plastics and might have potential disease in their excretion. It is visually disgusting and insalubrious, so I would not like to keep them at home. Secondly, my home is not a heavy consumer of plastic products. We seldom buy products with plastic packaging. If so, we usually reuse it and turn those plastics into something useful. So, keeping waxworms at my home would be heroes with no place to display their prowess. However, I do see the point of keeping waxworms as they can really eat up plastics to reduce waste, yet keeping waxworms in every household is not a long-term solution to the serious plastic waste problem. People will only continue to consume more plastics as they will expect the waxworms to eat up all the waste they produce. To solve such environmental problem, we need to cut the weeds and dig up the roots by restricting and impose penalties on the use and consumption of plastic-containing products. ]]> 2017-11-14 14:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206734579 Q12 Casey Chow cykcaseyyy https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206745603 I think that the waxworm solution is very likely to work if the scientists can develop a suitable way of handling the insects. As plastic is not biodegradable, it has always been a challenge for researchers and scientists to discover a perfect method to handle this material which is made to last forever. According to what I have read from the article, the waxworms are very useful in consuming plastic waste despite their disgusting appearance. Therefore, the solution seems to hold the key to this global environmental crisis about plastic right now. However, waxworms are considered revolting and unacceptable by many. Thus, it is essential for the researchers to come up with a hygienic way to keep the waxworms to eat our plastic waste. All things considered, if a well-structured system is developed for this waxworm solution, it is very likely to work and hopefully, we will see a decline in the number of plastic waste around the world in the near future.]]> 2017-11-14 14:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/206745603 q8 chowchit s114031 https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/207003567 I would not favour having waxworms at home. Firstly, I would not dare to approach them for their loathsome appearace and squiggling. Also, a waxworm is not a usual domestic pet that can be kept like any other. Its need is still unknown, and I believe by feeding it plastic does not really fulfill its needs. In spite of its practical usefulness of consuming plastic waste, I would not like to test for a million times and waste lives to resolve the problems we human have created. Let's just leave the human business to the human. ]]> 2017-11-14 23:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/207003567 Q 4 jocelyn https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/207025330 Plastic is harmful to the environment as it is generated in large amounts and it occupies a lot of space in landfills. It takes a long time to biodegrade, unlike paper or other products so it is becoming a serious problem especially in saturated landfills nowadays. Other than that, when plastic is disposed of into the sea, it harms the marine life as many sea animals see plastic bags or other plastic products as food and they may try to eat them, causing many to suffocate and it may be fatal. For example, there have been cases of dolphins getting their snouts stuck in plastic bags. Therefore, plastic waste causes a lot of harm to the environment.]]> 2017-11-15 01:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/207025330 Q3 Kelly kellysin https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/207025349 I disagree with the discontinuing of plastic production . Althought plastic is extremely difficult to biodegrade, it is still essential to our daily life. We can find the use of plastic everywhere. Plastic is used to produce food packaging , which helps to keep the food fresh. Also, plastic is used to produce different products like containers or furniture. It is also used to produce stationery like pens and correction tapes. Undeniably, we cannot avoid these uses of plastic. However, I believe that it is possible for us to minimise our plastic production as some of the uses can actually be avoided so that we can cause less harm to the environment.]]> 2017-11-15 01:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/207025349 Q1 natalie https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/207037271 When people hear the word 'worm', most would think of the disgusting mud and the way the worms curl up in there. However, i think that worms are still an important part of the eco system. They help eat up the useless nutritions in the earth and help reproduce mutritious mud. Also, from recent studies, waxworms are found to be able to devour plastic which is infamous to be hard to be decompose. Therefore, i think people should reconsider the importance of worms.]]> 2017-11-15 03:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/twu3/8tsmb5gwg66s/wish/207037271