PLASTIC POLLUTION pros Cons Used for medical knee replacements Contributes to land pollution and littering Takes up less space in landfill Animals can ingest or get tangled in plastic Provides a lower cost alternative for uses like packaging Plastic is mostly non-biodegradable Uses half the amount of energy then others to produce plastic waste cost a lot of money to address and clean up Durable and can be used more than once Recycling some types of plastic isn’t economically viable Have a good shock absorption capacity When burnt they produce toxic fumes Used to reduce soil and wind erosion In some cases, plastic and cause cancer