4) 'Plastic Prohibitions' proper or improper ? Explain.
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Bag Bans are the Starting Line, Not the End Goal
Plastic is always the wrong option. It pollutes and is toxic throughout its production and use. What's more, it poses a deadly threat to marine and land-based life and must always be burned or buried, even after being recycled a few times
Explanation:
. Although bag bans won’t solve the plastic crisis on their own, they do help to change plastic consumption habits and cause consumers and retailers to be more open to alternatives.
That’s why CLF’s Zero Waste Project is focused on passing bag bans, while also working to reduce plastic use overall – including any single-use plastics designed for disposal. Our Plastic Free New England campaign embodies that effort – to move towards a New England with no disposable plastic options.
Banning single-use plastic bags is a small but critical first step towards tackling the plastic crisis. The consideration and adoption of bag bans have already played a crucial role in drawing attention to the harms of plastic and has pushed people to examine their plastic consumption habits.
That’s why we’re celebrating recent victories in Maine and Vermont, where bag bans were just signed into law. Vermont even went a step further, passing the most comprehensive plastic bill in the country. Not only did the state ban single-use bags, but also polystyrene. And plastic straws are now available only by request.
Now, we need Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire to follow suit. So let’s get statewide bag bans passed, New England!
UPDATE: The COVID-19 pandemic has meant a temporary return to single-use plastic – public officials and businesses throughout New England have curbed the use of reusable coffee cups, delayed plastic bag bans, and temporarily banned reusable bags from grocery stores. These decisions were made to protect public health, but in the past few months the following facts have come to light:
The driving force linking COVID-19 with reusable bags was not public health officials, but the plastics industry;
Evidence and statements from the public health community make clear that there is no known contact transmission of the coronavirus on any surface, including reusable bags; and
Even if the coronavirus were to be transmitted via contact, the virus has a longer life on plastic than other materials.
Meanwhile, producing, using, and disposing of single-use plastic continue to pollute the environment and our bodies. In many cases, communities harmed by air pollution from plastic production facilities and incinerators – primarily environmental justice communities – are also at greater risk from COVID-19.
But we can protect public health and the environment by moving away from single-use and towards new systems that are safer and more sustainable.
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Maharashtra enforced a plastic ban on June 23, 2018, prohibiting the manufacture, use, sale, distribution and storage of all plastic materials, including single-use plastic and thermocol items. ... However, the rules will not be enforced before January next year and won't apply to plastic water bottles.