Yes, it is true. If we do not take care of the plastic on our environment it will harm the environment, consequently harm our future.
Since plastics come from non-biodegradable resources, they cannot be degraded fast by the microorganisms or the sun. This leads to pollution of the environment. This pollution then disturbs vegetation, meaning we cannot plant properly on the soil full of plastic that could take many years to decompose.
Not being able to plant effectively will lead to starvation of wildlife and humans. Also the animals in the sea/ocean are affected by the plasic because they can suffocate from it, it also pollutes the water, disallowing sunlight to get throught deep sea, this will lead to death of fish in sea.
Plastic can also lead to economic losses because money is used to try and get rid of these plastics but more are being made at the same time.
What we can do to avoid all the impacts associated with plastic pollution:
1. Recycle plasic-If we can re-use the plastic after buying them we can actually avoid environmental and water pollution.
By recycling, we can also make some other things from plastics e.g mats for houses.