Globalization impacts the environment in both negative and positive ways. First, it increases waste and plastic pollution, as global consumption of packaged products and online shopping creates more trash, much of which ends up in oceans. Second, it leads to overuse of natural resources, such as overfishing in international waters to meet worldwide seafood demand. On the positive side, globalization helps countries share environmental knowledge and solutions, like international climate agreements and the spread of electric vehicles, which reduce pollution.