Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a naturally occurring and essential gas that is abundant in our atmosphere. It is directly related to the greenhouse effect since it retains the sun’s infrared rays.
Today, it is at the heart of global warming.
Disposing of plastic bottles wastes non-renewable resources and increases greenhouse gas emissions. In a natural phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases trap the sun’s heat in the atmosphere.
Human activities such as energy extraction from fossil fuels and plastic production significantly raise greenhouse gas levels. High levels of greenhouse gases increase the amount of heat from the sun that is stored in the atmosphere’s lowest layer. Changes in climate patterns, such as the severity of wind, precipitation, and temperature variations, are caused by the extra sun.
Plastic bottles in urban solid waste are disposed in landfills or incinerators, where their petroleum and natural gas derivatives are wasted. Recycling plastic bottles saves electricity and natural resources by reducing petroleum and natural gas use, as well as the emissions of greenhouse gases which is generated.
It takes less resources to make new plastic products from recycled materials than it does to refine new plastic resins from raw materials. The emissions produced by recycling plastic bottles are significantly lower than those produced by using new materials. According to researchers, each ton of recycled PET bottles saves 1.5 tons of CO2.