Answer:

Advantages:

1. Plastics are reusable, giving them a significant advantage compared with metals

2. Good safety and hygiene properties for food packaging.

3. Durability and longevity

Disadvantages:

1. Natural decomposition of plastic can last from 400-1000 years and few types of plastics are non-degradable as well.

2. Plastics clog waterways, oceans, seas, lakes etc.

3. Plastic causes many fire hazards