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Analysis of disposable cups after 100 years of use
Original title: Análise dos copos descartáveis após 100 anos de uso
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This Portuguese-language article reflects on the history and environmental impact of disposable plastic cups, which emerged in the 1910s and have become a symbol of convenience-driven plastic waste. It calls for rethinking plastic use in everyday consumer products.
This article presents reflections on the problem of plastic waste generated in large part by the use of disposable cups. They emerged in the 1910s and evolved from a simple health solution to an everyday object of convenience. But this convenience is causing unprecedented plastic pollution. It is proposed to analyze in what context the disposable cups have emerged, have settled, and because we live together and need the disposable ones. It Concludes that plastic makes possible great solutions for our well live, but its use must be restricted and that to deal with the problem of plastic pollution we need to develop more inclusive systems, stimulating the participation of society, government, private sector and the third sector in order to design increasingly effective actions in the fight against pollution.
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