04-05-2017, 04:43 PM
Anti-plastic campaign Plastic bags are everywhere! Every day we receive innumerable plastic bags: when we go to the supermarket, retail clothing store, bookstore, restaurants, etc. Yes, sometimes plastic bags are convenient because they are water resistant and lightweight and inexpensive compared to paper bags. Most of the time, plastic bags are superfluous and avoidable. It seems as if the store employees are ofteneager to distribute plastic bags for any and all type of purchases. Sometimes a plastic bag is not necessary for that apple you are about to eat or that soda you are going to drink right away.
Here are the reasons for the Anti-Plastic Campaign
1. Plastic bags and containers make up most of our garbage dumps. More importantly, plastic bags are one of the topites of the trash in our community beaches, roads, sidewalks, andvegetation along with cigarette butts and polystyrene foam bags are lightweight and hard to contain. Due to their light weight, plastic bags fly easily into the wind, float easily in river and ocean currents, become entangled in trees, fences, poles and also, and block drainage.
2. Plastic bags are made from a non-renewable natural resource: petroleum. Consequently, the manufacture of plastic bags contributes to the decrease of the availability of our natural resources and the damage to the environment by the extraction of oil. At the same time, plastics are dangerous to produce; The pollution caused by the production of plastics is dangerous for the environment. Finally, most plastic bags are made of polyethylene - more commonly known as polyethylene - are dangerous to manufacture and are said to take up to 1000 years to decompose on the ground and 450 years in the water. The fact that plastics are not biodegradable means that plastic bags in circulation and the future production of plastic bags will remain for a long time: in our landfills, oceans, streets, etc.
3. Innumerable plastic bags end up in our ocean and cause damage to our marine fauna. Many marine animals and birds are mistaken for plastic or become entangled and drowned in plastic bags that float around. For example, environmentalists have pointed out that turtles often confuse plastic bags with jellyfish and inevitably swallow them. It is estimated that 100,000 marinamammals die each year due to plastic waste in our ocean in the North Pacific. Terrestrial animals seem to be victims as well. In countries like India, cows are mistakenly eating plastic bags in the streets while they are looking for food and end up starving or starving because the plastic can not be digested.
4. There is virtually no market for recycling plastic bags. Very few recycling centers accept plastic bags because they are of less recyclable value. Although their local supermarkets collect plastic bags used for recycling, very few are actually recycled
.5. On the other hand, most paper bags are made from recycled paper. There is a profitable market in paper recycling and paper bags can be used and recycled.
Anti-Plastic Campaign Implementation
The 2009 Anacostia River Cleaning and Protection Act, commonly known as the District of Columbia Baggage Act, requires companies that sell food or alcohol to charge five cents for each disposable paper or plastic bag. The law went into effect on January 1, 2010 and was the first of its kind in the United States. The law was passed after a trash study found that plastic bags were one of the largest sources of litter on the Anacostia River. The ultimate goal of the law is to reduce a common source of waste in the District waterways (plastic bags) by reducing the amount of disposable bags people use.
Here are the reasons for the Anti-Plastic Campaign
1. Plastic bags and containers make up most of our garbage dumps. More importantly, plastic bags are one of the topites of the trash in our community beaches, roads, sidewalks, andvegetation along with cigarette butts and polystyrene foam bags are lightweight and hard to contain. Due to their light weight, plastic bags fly easily into the wind, float easily in river and ocean currents, become entangled in trees, fences, poles and also, and block drainage.
2. Plastic bags are made from a non-renewable natural resource: petroleum. Consequently, the manufacture of plastic bags contributes to the decrease of the availability of our natural resources and the damage to the environment by the extraction of oil. At the same time, plastics are dangerous to produce; The pollution caused by the production of plastics is dangerous for the environment. Finally, most plastic bags are made of polyethylene - more commonly known as polyethylene - are dangerous to manufacture and are said to take up to 1000 years to decompose on the ground and 450 years in the water. The fact that plastics are not biodegradable means that plastic bags in circulation and the future production of plastic bags will remain for a long time: in our landfills, oceans, streets, etc.
3. Innumerable plastic bags end up in our ocean and cause damage to our marine fauna. Many marine animals and birds are mistaken for plastic or become entangled and drowned in plastic bags that float around. For example, environmentalists have pointed out that turtles often confuse plastic bags with jellyfish and inevitably swallow them. It is estimated that 100,000 marinamammals die each year due to plastic waste in our ocean in the North Pacific. Terrestrial animals seem to be victims as well. In countries like India, cows are mistakenly eating plastic bags in the streets while they are looking for food and end up starving or starving because the plastic can not be digested.
4. There is virtually no market for recycling plastic bags. Very few recycling centers accept plastic bags because they are of less recyclable value. Although their local supermarkets collect plastic bags used for recycling, very few are actually recycled
.5. On the other hand, most paper bags are made from recycled paper. There is a profitable market in paper recycling and paper bags can be used and recycled.
Anti-Plastic Campaign Implementation
The 2009 Anacostia River Cleaning and Protection Act, commonly known as the District of Columbia Baggage Act, requires companies that sell food or alcohol to charge five cents for each disposable paper or plastic bag. The law went into effect on January 1, 2010 and was the first of its kind in the United States. The law was passed after a trash study found that plastic bags were one of the largest sources of litter on the Anacostia River. The ultimate goal of the law is to reduce a common source of waste in the District waterways (plastic bags) by reducing the amount of disposable bags people use.