Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label The impact of waste plastics on environment in Mogadishu—Somalia

The impact of waste plastics on environment in Mogadishu—Somalia

   The impact of waste plastics on environment in Mogadishu—Somalia    Introduction This chapter relates to the introduction of the study. It consists of the background of the study, problem statement, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, the scope of the study, operational definitions of key terms, and conceptual framework of the study. According to (Burns, 1907) Plastic is a word that originally meant “pliable and easily shaped.” It only recently became a name for a category of materials called polymers. The word polymer means “of many parts,” and polymers are made of long chains of molecules. Polymers abound in nature. Cellulose, the material that makes up the cell walls of plants, is a very common natural polymer.       Thousands of plastic factories are producing tons of plastic bags which are very popularly used by people for shopping purposes because of their ease,  cheapness, and convenience of ...