White pollution is mainly plastic pollution: it mainly includes plastic bags, plastic packaging, disposable polypropylene packaging, plastic tableware cups and dishware, foam filled electrical appliances, plastic beverage bottles, yogurt cups, etc. Plastic bags have long been a necessity of our daily life. Plastic pollution to the environment is very serious. At present, many places implement the "plastic ban order" to reduce the environmental pollution caused by plastics, but a large number of non degradable plastic bags are still consumed every day.
Truailleoidh mála plaisteach 0.06 méadar cearnach de thalamh. Tógann gnáth-mhálaí plaisteacha na blianta nó na céadta bliain chun dianscaoileadh i blúirí le níos lú dochar don chomhshaol, ansin dianscaoileadh isteach i dé-ocsaíd charbóin agus uisce, agus ansin filleadh ar an timthriall nádúrtha. Tá plaistigh dramhaíola teasfhulangacha curtha faoi thalamh ar feadh níos mó ná 200 bliain.
Is eol dúinn go léir an dochar atá déanta ag plaisteach inár saol. Cé go bhfuil málaí plaisteacha ina riachtanas dár saol le fada an lá, fuair muid málaí eile atá neamhdhíobhálach don chomhshaol déanta as ábhair dhíghrádaithe nach ndéanann dochar dár dtimpeallacht. Mar shampla: mála láimhe neamhfhite, mála chanbhás, mála veilbhit, mála cadáis, mála poileistear, etc.