Thoob plaws ntiaj teb, 42% ntawm cov yas yog siv rau hauv ntim, thiab feem ntau ntawm lawv yog siv rau ib leeg - siv lub hom phiaj nkaus xwb, yog li cov teeb meem uas cov pa phem yas tsim nyob rau hauv ecosystem yog ntev - lub sij hawm thiab tsis tu ncua. Tus nqi rov ua dua ntawm cov yas tsuas yog 10%, uas txhais tau hais tias 90% ntawm cov yas yog incinerated, landfilled los yog ncaj qha muab pov tseg rau hauv ib puag ncig ntuj. Cov yas feem ntau siv 20-400 xyoo, lossis ntau dua, kom decompose. Cov yas decomposed tsim cov khib nyiab, los yog microplastics, uas nyob twj ywm nyob rau hauv atmospheric ncig, nyob rau hauv txhua yam ntawm dej mus rau zaub mov thiab av, thiab txhua yam peb kov. Kev siv cov pulp molded ntim tuaj yeem ua rau lub voj voog tsis zoo no. Txij li cov khoom siv raw yog ntuj, nws tus nqi degradation kuj ceev heev. Tom qab kev sim, lub ntim ntim tuaj yeem decomposed tag nrho hauv qhov qhib huab cua los yog hauv qhov chaw pov tseg, uas ua rau kom muaj kuab paug ib puag ncig los ntawm kev ntim khoom.
