Essay on should plastic bags be banned completely in the country
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why shouldnot we use _______
Because they are so lightweight, plastic bags can travel long distances by wind and water. They litter our landscapes, get caught in fences and trees, float around in waterways, and can eventually make their way into the world’s oceans.
#2 Plastic bags are made from non-renewable resources and contribute to climate change
The majority of plastic bags are made of polypropylene, a material that is made from natural gas.
Using these non-renewable resources to make plastic bags is very short-sighted, considering that the typical useful life of each plastic bag is about 12 minutes [1].
#3 Plastic bags never break down
Petroleum-based plastic bags do not truly degrade. What does occur is that when out in the environment, the plastic breaks up into tiny little pieces that end up in the ocean to be consumed by wildlife.
Today, there are an estimated 46,000-1,000,000 plastic fragments floating within every square mile of our world’s
#4 Plastic bags are harmful to wildlife and marine life
Plastic bags and their associated plastic pieces are often mistaken for food by animals, birds, and marine life like fish and sea turtles.
The consumed plastic then congests the digestive tracts of these animals, and can lead to health issues such as infections and even death by suffocation.
Animals can also easily become entangled in this plastic
#5 Plastic bags are harmful to human health
Plastic fragments in the ocean such as those from plastic bags can absorb pollutants like PAHs (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), which are known to be hormone-disrupting chemicals
When marine organisms consume plastics in our oceans, these chemicals can make their way through the ocean’s food web and then into humans who eat fish and other marine organisms.
#6 Plastic bags are costly to pay for and to clean up after
While we may not pay for plastic bags directly when we go shopping, they are anything but “free.”
Plastic bags cost about 3-5 cents each, and that cost is then incorporated into prices of the items sold at stores. The cost of plastic bag cleanup is about 17 cents per bag, and on average, taxpayers end up paying about $88 per year just on plastic bag waste.
So that “free” plastic bag isn’t so free after all.
#7 Plastic bags are not easy to recycle
As plastic bags tend to get caught in recycling machinery, most recycling facilities do not have the capacity to recycle plastic bags and therefore do not accept them.
As a result, the actual recycling rate for plastic bags is about 5%.
#8 Plastic bags have external costs
Beyond the costs associated with the production and purchasing of plastic bags by retailers, there are many external costs that are often not considered. These costs include the true environmental costs of resource extraction and depletion, quality of life loss, economic loss from littering, and wildlife loss.
Sadly, such costs are typically not included in most economic analyses, but nonetheless, these negative impacts are very real.
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here comes ur answer
why shouldnot we use _______
Because they are so lightweight, plastic bags can travel long distances by wind and water. They litter our landscapes, get caught in fences and trees, float around in waterways, and can eventually make their way into the world’s oceans.
#2 Plastic bags are made from non-renewable resources and contribute to climate change
The majority of plastic bags are made of polypropylene, a material that is made from natural gas.
Using these non-renewable resources to make plastic bags is very short-sighted, considering that the typical useful life of each plastic bag is about 12 minutes [1].
#3 Plastic bags never break down
Petroleum-based plastic bags do not truly degrade. What does occur is that when out in the environment, the plastic breaks up into tiny little pieces that end up in the ocean to be consumed by wildlife.
Today, there are an estimated 46,000-1,000,000 plastic fragments floating within every square mile of our world’s
#4 Plastic bags are harmful to wildlife and marine life
Plastic bags and their associated plastic pieces are often mistaken for food by animals, birds, and marine life like fish and sea turtles.
The consumed plastic then congests the digestive tracts of these animals, and can lead to health issues such as infections and even death by suffocation.
Animals can also easily become entangled in this plastic
#5 Plastic bags are harmful to human health
Plastic fragments in the ocean such as those from plastic bags can absorb pollutants like PAHs (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), which are known to be hormone-disrupting chemicals
When marine organisms consume plastics in our oceans, these chemicals can make their way through the ocean’s food web and then into humans who eat fish and other marine organisms.
#6 Plastic bags are costly to pay for and to clean up after
While we may not pay for plastic bags directly when we go shopping, they are anything but “free.”
Plastic bags cost about 3-5 cents each, and that cost is then incorporated into prices of the items sold at stores. The cost of plastic bag cleanup is about 17 cents per bag, and on average, taxpayers end up paying about $88 per year just on plastic bag waste.
So that “free” plastic bag isn’t so free after all.
#7 Plastic bags are not easy to recycle
As plastic bags tend to get caught in recycling machinery, most recycling facilities do not have the capacity to recycle plastic bags and therefore do not accept them.
As a result, the actual recycling rate for plastic bags is about 5%.
#8 Plastic bags have external costs
Beyond the costs associated with the production and purchasing of plastic bags by retailers, there are many external costs that are often not considered. These costs include the true environmental costs of resource extraction and depletion, quality of life loss, economic loss from littering, and wildlife loss.
Sadly, such costs are typically not included in most economic analyses, but nonetheless, these negative impacts are very real.
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