Environmental Impact of Plastic Bags
More and more people around the world are becoming aware of the environmental issues surrounding plastic bags. Considering their somewhat placid appearance, the impact of plastic bags on the environment can be devastating.
Here are some facts about the environmental impact of plastic bags:
- Plastic bags cause over 100,000 sea turtle and other marine animal deaths every year when animals mistaken them for food
- The manufacture of plastic bags add tonnes of carbon emissions into the air annually
- In the UK, banning plastic bags would be the equivalent of taking 18,000 cars off the roads each year
- Between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide each year
- Approximately 60 - 100 million barrels of oil are required to make the world’s plastic bags each year
- Most plastic bags take over 400 years to biodegrade. Some figures indicate that plastic bags could take over 1000 years to break down. (I guess nobody will live long enough to find out!). This means not one plastic bag has ever naturally biodegraded.
- China uses around 3 billion plastic bags each day!
- In the UK, each person uses around 220 plastic bags each year
- Around 500,000 plastic bags are collected during Clean Up Australia Day each year. Clean Up Australia Day is a nationwide initiative to get as many members of the public to get out and pick up litter from their local areas. Unfortunately, each year in Australia approximately 50 million plastic bags end up as litter.
Fortunately, some governments around the world are taking the initiative to deal with the environmental impact of plastic bags by either banning plastic bags or discouraging their usage.
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January 11th, 2008 at 10:13 am
It would be interesting to know what paper’s impact is too. I’m sure it is more biodegradable than plastic, but paper’s production pollution & impact on tree loss would be interesting to know too. Luckily our grocer encourages returning with our paper bags for reuse!
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November 6th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
why did we make them in the 1st place and why cant we do something about it its not like we cant help!
And its hurting the earth and living things and maybe it mite be us soon because you never know whats going to happen next so we need to take a stand and stop plastic bags beening made and also stop it killing animals!
SO HELP SAVE THE WORLD AND DO SOMETHING
February 18th, 2009 at 8:55 am
We own supermarkets and have started promoting reusable bags with limited usage. I have thought about going to 100% paper bags to reduce plastic polution, but have been told that paper bags take as long as plastic to degrade. I know the ideal is the reusable bags, but that will take awhile to train customers and I’m thinking to help now. What is the truth roderick rynke
February 22nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I’m currently righting an essay for my sophmore science class. I have found that plastic bags impact our ecosystem in a very negative way. To here how many plastic bags become litter on the side of the road disgust me. Something needs to be done. Actions need to be taken.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I am doing an ecology project for my sixth grade science class and this site really helped me thank u very much
April 21st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Yes, Plastic bags aren’t at all enviromentally friendly, but it halps us also, by keeping our food packaged and clean. we do need to reduce our plastic bags, but we cant completly abolish them until we find another biodegradeable material to keep our food clean and fresh, and a sor of shield against germs. so until we find some other material, we cant completly get rid of plastic bags.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:46 am
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June 10th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Here in Westchester County, New York, all our garbage is incinerated and used for power generation. Thus, both paper and plastic bags go up in smoke. It’s as if the oil and trees took a side-trip as bags before being used for power. Also, remember that here in the US almost all the paper comes from trees grown in plantations, ie sustainably. On the other hand, plastic bags are lighter than paper bags and require less energy to transport. Lastly, be aware that if you drive to the supermarket then your gasoline probably uses much more oil than was needed to make the plastic in which your purchases were bagged. So your time would be better spent on fuel economy issues than on plastic supermarket bags.
As far as roadside trash is concerned, there is plenty of paper, cardboard and product packaging there too. I recently helped in my town’s cleanup day, and plastic bags were only a small amount of the garbage we picked up along the roads.
Overall, then, I don’t see any big problem with plastic bags where I live.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:30 am
I love the post above and am trying myself to help get the word out about the use of paper, plastic and other non-recycled materials. I hope that the more we infiltrate our world with the awareness of how it’s affecting their lives, the more we are likely to see change. I’m an optimist I know…
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June 16th, 2009 at 6:06 am
yup…wll plastic bags do degrade our enviournment ……. we should’nt waste ‘em
June 18th, 2009 at 1:06 am
We should all be supporting the use of reusable natural fibre bags made from jute or organic cotton, especially in this the United Nations Year of Natural Fibres.
But bags and packaging of course are only part of the problem - the other half is littering behaviour of humans!
July 1st, 2009 at 7:32 am
plastics are really harmful they can even take life
July 1st, 2009 at 7:38 am
we all must folllow 3R’s
that is -
1.reduce
2.reuse
3.recycle
July 7th, 2009 at 3:19 am
Ecofasa turns waste to biodiesel using bacteria
A group of Spanish developers working for a company called Ecofasa just announced a new biofuel made up from trash. This isn’t a biodiesel made from used frying oil; instead, it’s made from general urban waste which is treated by bacteria. The result of that bacteria? Fatty acids that can be used to produce standard biodiesel. According to the company’s CEO, the process is fully biologic, competes with no feedstock and is really sustainable. However, the process doesn’t yield that much actual fuel: just one liter of biodiesel from 10 kg of trash. The project is now in a development phase, but Ecofasa said that a commercially viable model could be ready in three to four years.
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July 12th, 2009 at 3:44 am
the problem is not plastic bag but it is the littering habit of the people…
in my view it is the best thing what can be recycled. these days everything has plastic in one form or the other.. so it is better to try and change the littering habits than to just not use the bag.
why only ban the bag when everything today is packed in plastic.
we still reuse the bag our supermarket gives us but we just throw the milk pouches, the waffer pouches , shampoo bottles, water bottles, the protective covering of each and every FMCG product we buy .. will they biodegrade sooner than the plastic bag we use to carry all these things home?
u guys say plastic causes cancer. just tell me why do u then use a plastic bottle to feed babies, to store blood and for what all purposes… so u have cancer now. ??
can the paper bag replace plastic bag. NO it cannot. u all know it producin paper bag causes much more water pollution than producing plastic bags. and paper bag canot be recycled for ever.. we need to cut more and more trees for paper bags…
lets just recycle and reuse the plastic bag. and save trees, save our planet
July 12th, 2009 at 3:46 am
and one more thing to aanchal..
can u pls let us all know how plastic bag can kill. ?
August 17th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
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August 19th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
The answer is simple! Just use those ‘green bags’ that you can get. You bring a bunch of them to the supermarket and get them to put your groceries in that instead of the plastic bags they have there. And if you do get plastic bags, reuse them for other things instead of buying new bags!
September 16th, 2009 at 12:48 am
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November 7th, 2009 at 6:48 am
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November 11th, 2009 at 11:55 am
this website was very usefull and i think china should change the way they use plastic bags!!!
November 30th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
The answer to our problems is simple but not easy for most to comprehend. RECYCLE!!!! Do your part to help save our environment. Use ‘green bags’ when you go to the store and don’t waste things. If you know you can use something again please do! And you can do much more than using green bags! I’m sure that if we use our heads, even if we haven’t used them for a long time, we can come up with something to help save our slowly crumbling environment!
December 9th, 2009 at 8:06 am
It’s scary when you look at the numbers. I believe people who read your article should aware we must do something about this now. After all, we all live on the same planet.
December 30th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
We all sub-conscienciously know we have a choice to make each time we stand at the counter to pay for our shopping. To make a real difference we must all choose to say “no” to the plastic bag. With all the choices now available it is almost a sin not to choose a re-usable bag. Our Trolley Bag is just another sexy choice and we are proud to present them. Love our plant, love our Trolley Bags!
January 12th, 2010 at 10:42 am
me and brady both use plastic bags but we know we need to stop before the world comes to the end
January 17th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Thanks for sharing these interesting facts. They are really interesting.
February 1st, 2010 at 12:00 pm
I visit this blog pretty frequently, though I rarely comment, and found this text very interesting. Thanks.
February 18th, 2010 at 8:50 am
what is the plastic?got habbituated to it.then eat the plastic you buy.there is no place on this to bio-degrade it.only way is to recycle it and to reduse it’s use. our earth became red from green.stop him from becoming more reddish.
March 25th, 2010 at 1:41 am
I am not big on recycling, but I began recycling my plastic bags in 2009 after seeing what it does to the landfill in our area. For several months I turned in my plastic grocery bags at a local store and some small part of me felt good - like I was helping. In 2009, the city of Sherwood, AR (http://www.ci.sherwood.ar.us/City/GarbageCollectionGude.pdf) began using an Automated Garbage Collection system. The city provided one tall, green trash can to each resident, and then charges the citizens a monthly rental fee for having it. After this system had been in place for several months, I received a notice from them saying they would not collect my trash. The City of Sherwood’s trash police said that I am required to bag all of the trash (which is already inside of a closed container - a nice trash can with a large, hinged lid on top of it), or they would refuse to collect it. I took the trash out and bagged it in order for the city to collect it. This resulted in 14 grocery store bags being used for one collection, for one weeks worth of trash. At this rate, I will have used 728 bags over the course of one year. Can you imagine the amount of plastic bags (small or large) that this one rule generates for the whole city on a yearly basis? What’s worse, according to the city of Sherwood, the trash needed to be bagged “in order to keep the trash container clean.” As a result, my family and I no longer recycle plastic bags. So much for my warm and fuzzy ’save the earth’ feeling.
If you have suggestions or comments, please contact our mayor. City of Sherwood’s Mayor: Virginia Hillman; vihillman@cityofsherwood.net
April 12th, 2010 at 9:31 am
i use plastic begs but i need to stop plestic begsbefore the word comes to the end
April 20th, 2010 at 6:23 am
The cotton bags are not any harmful to any way, so please stop the plastic bags because its very dangers for us health, nature’s, animals. Use the cotton begs and be healthy always. If you done it then GOD love you.
May 30th, 2010 at 10:31 am
glad to go through this site! really interesting….n it really scared me and woke me up in to the reality and forced me to think dat we must do sth to safe our environment! (^_^)
May 31st, 2010 at 5:20 am
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June 15th, 2010 at 1:56 am
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June 26th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
thanx this site has really helped me with my school project and it is very interesting to know what plastic bags are responsible for
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July 1st, 2010 at 9:41 pm
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July 7th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Wow! this is a lot of useful information. Thanks for sharing!
July 12th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Great post! Maybe you could do a follow up on this topic?
July 13th, 2010 at 5:25 am
great to know …thanx for the awareness
July 31st, 2010 at 12:42 am
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August 7th, 2010 at 1:03 am
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August 20th, 2010 at 1:44 am
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August 27th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
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September 7th, 2010 at 3:39 am
the largest problem with the migration of plastic bags into rivers. streams and lakes, and oceans
is not public irresponsibility…but mother nature causes.
winds from tornadoes, hurricanes, and the floods from hurricanes, and rivers overflowing from too much rainfall, and winter run 0ff , pick up the bags from neighboring communities and carry them thru the waterways to the ocean; as well as tires, wood, styrofoam, and other household garbage, and plastic items.
1 hurricane can deposit tons of waste into the waterways where it is carried to the ocean.
the bags that replace thin lined plastic bags are also plastic, and don’t degrade as fast
because they are made of material that is 20 or 30 times as thick as the lightweight bags.
the lightweight bags could be made from rice paper or hemp fiber, or simply left alone.
now we will cut down more trees and contribute to more deforestation and climate warming
because of the lack of real information and truth to the consumer regarding these issues.
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September 22nd, 2010 at 9:43 am
we should use jute & cotton bags which are ec-friendly and good for the enviroment. more and more people come forward for the use of natural fibre bag.
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October 6th, 2010 at 2:25 am
Say no to plastics.Eco sense should be the sixth sense of human life.We both can make a difference.So switch to ecofriendly bags and keep our nature clean and green.
October 26th, 2010 at 10:04 am
i hate plastic bags
October 26th, 2010 at 10:08 am
these facts are really interesting!!!!
December 17th, 2010 at 5:20 am
No more plastic bags in the produce aisle or the refrigerator. Take the produce bags with you when you visit the food market (along with reusable shopping bags, of course), and place your organic produce in them. To keep the food market, farmer’s market, or garden produce fresher longer, place the bags directly in the refrigerator.
December 28th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
I appreciate your post, thanks for sharing the post, i want to hear more about this in future.
January 8th, 2011 at 10:35 am
I used to work for a Nader-funded environmental action group, Campaign Clean Water.
Most of the information on this page regarding plastic bags, is not supported by research.
100,000 turtle deaths due to plastic bags! That is just pure bullshit. That sort of unsubstantiated claim severely hurts the credibility of ALL environmental movements.
Take a look at officiated journals and, even there, you find unsubstantiated, alarmist claims.
We need real, objective research, not emotional or outright lies about the environmental impact of products. Then we can make rational decisions with regard to the cost-benefit to society, and to a particular locality.
For example, if waste is sent to a trash to energy plant in one locality, while in another place everything is sent to a so-called “sanitary land fill” the environmental impact of plastic bags will be much different.
For those who promote paper bags, we have plentiful data regarding the manufacturing and bio-degradation of paper bags. We also know that the glue in supermarket bags are a favorite of roaches; where they often lay eggs that hatch once you store the bags at home.
NOAA has documented plastic bags that have created a floating reef in the Pacific. More research needs to be done to see if plastic in the Ocean is a net benefit, by creating habitats, or a net negative, due to some unforeseen impact on the benthic region.
Visit NOAA’s site to read their debunking of the alarmist crap that is posted on this blog and elsewhere in the non-science, all “feelings” environmental community.
We need environmental scientists to provide objective research; not emotion-based lunacy.
January 8th, 2011 at 10:37 am
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http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/plastic.html
January 17th, 2011 at 3:52 am
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January 26th, 2011 at 1:16 am
People are very careless when it comes to getting rid of anything plastic they don’t really see the dangers that it actually has on the environment, not only does it not disintegrate but it causes damage to animals, gets into the oceans, and creates havoc to the sea life. People have to be more aware plain and simple!!
February 1st, 2011 at 11:29 am
We can use some alternative bags that are more environment friendly instead of using plastic bags. The environment is hitting us now, like the effects of global warming.. flood here, there and everywhere.. Lets act now and stop using plastic bags..
February 1st, 2011 at 10:02 pm
Big companies have already produced plastic bags that are biodegradable. Others have opted to simply reuse their plastic bags whenever they may a purchase in markets. What I want to know is the government’s attempt to further minimize the problems with plastic bags because they very harmful to the environment. Paper and other paper products should also be encouraged to be recycled or reused as an effort to conserve what is left of our natural resources.
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February 4th, 2011 at 11:07 am
Wow so many interesting facts! maybe cornstarch bags are the answer to our problem!
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February 13th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
i am doing a paper vs plastic on my science project thank u this helped alot.
so…..do u ever feel..like a plastic bag…drifting through the wind….wanting to start again!!
it is a song but the words mean much dont u think!!
February 19th, 2011 at 3:38 am
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February 22nd, 2011 at 12:35 am
i am doing a paper vs plastic on my science project thank u this helped alot.
so…..do u ever feel..like a plastic bag…drifting through the wind….wanting to start again!!
it is a song but the words mean much dont u think!!
February 24th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
China used to use more plastic bags than America,
and now they are no longer doing this.It is a
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February 28th, 2011 at 12:07 am
Really plastic bags effect on the atmosphere.
March 2nd, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Wow! This was interesting and informative. I am doing this for a school project, and this site helped me convince my dad that the problem was real.
Thanks again! I think we should just make a bunch of ‘eco power plants’ and burn landfills! It creates power and gets rid of landfills. Biomass is the future of energy in my opinion.
March 8th, 2011 at 12:32 am
This is just like the wild wild west here its great!
March 8th, 2011 at 4:31 am
This was very informative article, I didn’t know all the facts, maybe we will be more careful and this should be an alarm, we need to save our planet.
March 14th, 2011 at 4:27 am
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March 24th, 2011 at 1:50 am
Well, I did a little math about plastic bag usage, here are the results:
1) According to one of your facts above, the world uses between 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags every year.
2) Let’s just say every year, we consume 1 trillion plastic bags. If you divide 1 trillion by 365 days, you get 2.7 billion plastic bags used per day worldwide.
3) If you divide that by 24 hours, you get 114 million plastic bags used per hour worldwide.
4) If you divide that by 60 minutes, you’ll get 1.9 million plastic bags used per minute worldwide.
5) Lastly, lets divide by 60 seconds.
EVERY second the clock ticks, the world would have consumed nearly 32,000 plastic bags!
SCARY isn’t it?
April 9th, 2011 at 4:26 am
We believe that a step, however small it is in its size and scope, towards the right direction will ultimately culminate in a bigger action.If you divide 1 trillion by 365 days, you get 2.7 billion plastic bags used per day worldwide. this is very interesting. Thanks for your blog content writer.
April 10th, 2011 at 8:19 pm
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April 11th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
It is a worth topic that shouldn’t go un-noticed. I myself am 300% better about my use of plastics and recycling than I was a year a go. Hopefully that growth is widespread and will continue for myself.
April 11th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
It’s a worthy topic that shouldn’t go un-noticed. I am 300% better about plastics consumption and recycling than I was a year ago. I hope that pattern is universal.
April 27th, 2011 at 11:06 pm
Thanks so much for this! I haven’t been this moved by a blog for a long time! You’ve got it, whatever that means in blogging. Anyway, You are definitely someone that has something to say that people need to hear. Keep up the good work. Keep on inspiring the people!
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May 3rd, 2011 at 11:33 pm
I think we should just make a bunch of ‘eco power plants’ and burn landfills! It creates power and gets rid of landfills. Biomass is the future of energy in my opinion.Anyway, You are definitely someone that has something to say that people need to hear. Keep up the good work. Keep on inspiring the people!
May 16th, 2011 at 11:38 pm
I think we should bang plastic bags in Australia i mean there killing all the animals
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May 19th, 2011 at 5:35 am
I was a year a go. Hopefully that growth is widespread and will continue for myself.
May 21st, 2011 at 11:03 pm
How much has the environmental impact changed since this article was posted? I know I try to re-use and recycle all of my bags when I shop. I do agree with one of the posters above:
1.reduce
2.reuse
3.recycle
is a good way to live life!
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May 22nd, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Good, clear and comprehensive writing in relation to a hot topic… I am certain all of your followers realize just how much they ought to be thankful for it.
May 28th, 2011 at 8:24 am
Thanks for these posting, It help a lot of people to know the facts about the impact of plastic bags in our environment. it is true to use a recyclable things and renewable energy. Here are good t.ips about advantages and disadvantages of solar energy
June 4th, 2011 at 11:38 am
Your site is very informative and full of knowledge… It showcases the talent of your mind and it has a lot of great points to deal with. Very inspirational message and terrific to read in. Two thumbs up to the people who made this blog. A job well –done guys and hope you will continue doing great blogs in the future. About the plastic bag we should really be helping one another to stop or minimize the uses the plastic bags because it is one of the cause that we are experiencing the climatic change.
June 24th, 2011 at 4:14 am
This has to be one of my favorite posts! And on top of thats its also very helpful topic for newbies. nice one a lot for the info!
June 26th, 2011 at 7:40 am
i am doing my environment club poster on say no to plastic bags and this site has helped me alot! Thank u very much!
July 30th, 2011 at 7:08 am
Thanks for the outstanding information and for sharing some really good ideas.
July 31st, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Cheers for the post, I’m forwarding this one on!
August 2nd, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Very interesting read, great site thank you…cheers Peter
August 6th, 2011 at 8:03 pm
it was a great help with my assignment, thanx
August 6th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
it was a great site but it would be even better to know the impact on the environment of all different plastics and not just plastic bags.
September 9th, 2011 at 4:42 am
it was a great help with my assignment, thanx
September 16th, 2011 at 1:51 am
Well good information about Environmental Impact of Plastic Bags,
i love to collect different types of bags….
September 16th, 2011 at 1:54 am
Hi,
the great information,
thanks!!!
September 16th, 2011 at 5:43 am
Plastic bags really drop the bad impact on the on the environment. Health department should take the serious steps to find out the alternative and solution of this problem. It really drop the bad impact on the lungs of the human body.
September 19th, 2011 at 4:07 am
You’re missing the fact that plastic is made from oil pumped out of the ground. This oil already represents “sequestered carbon”. No CO2 is removed from the atmosphere by the plastic bags. In fact, more is probably added during the manufacturing process, but what do I know.
One way to “sequester carbon” would be to plant trees, cut them down to make paper, print a lot of books and store the books in libraries. Plant trees again and the cycle continues.
September 22nd, 2011 at 6:48 am
Very a fantastic post
September 28th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
The fact that plastic containers are recycled means that it helps to eliminate plastic from landfills and general litter. Our oceans are becoming increasingly littered with plastic. Great post! Maybe you could do a follow up on this topic?
October 14th, 2011 at 4:11 am
Nice topic!!I read out this article.
Thanks for sharing this informative post.
October 28th, 2011 at 4:21 am
it was a great help with my assignment,
thanks…..
October 30th, 2011 at 12:56 am
Very nice! Thanks for sharing such creative and good post. Today, there are plastics that can be used in both conventional ovens as well as in a microwave. Plastic is used to form lightweight patio furniture, durable upholstery, and protective coatings on cookware, water piping for the home and other buildings, and a wide range of other products. From household storage containers to auto parts and accessories to casual furniture, plastic has provided an affordable yet sturdy material for many of the items people use every day.
October 31st, 2011 at 10:34 pm
nice post thanks for sharing this wonderful post
November 29th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
PRACTICE BEFORE PREACHING
Many of you know that I am propagating against the use of plastic bags and showing you the alternatives like jute bags and cloth bags. I am collecting old newspaper from my friends and exchanging them with paper bags made with that newspaper. Public give many irrational reasons for not using cloth bags. The funny responses go like this…..
1. We don’t have enough time/money now.
2. Why can’t you go and close those factories
3. Others should also follow not alone by me.
4. You can’t teach old dog about new tricks.
5. It is government’s job to ban plastic bags.
6. We don’t like these cotton bags it should be more attractive.
7. Ministers say to use plastic to save paper.
I am giving the details of bags now I am using in my day to day life.
1. One bag is kept at front door to receive milk, paper and other things.
2. We are using one cotton bag tied with rope to lift goods from ground floor.
3. I carry one bag in my car and one in my electric bicycle.
4. I always keep one cloth bag in my office briefcase.
5. My wife uses one cotton and one jute bag for shopping.
6. I carry all my environmental material in one jute bag and go to colleges
7. I have kept one big bag made with used dress, to put waste paper used by us.
8. I have kept 2 cotton bags in the neighbours’ house for keeping waste paper
9. I put my lunch box and water bottle in small bags while going to office.
10. We are keeping immersion heater in one cloth bag and toys in another bag.
11. I keep all my socks in separate cloth bag.
12. We keep all story books one white jute bag.
13. One cotton bag given to servant maid for carrying.
14. I use one big bag given by cloth shop for transporting old news papers.
15. One cotton bag is kept in suit case to be used in other places.
16. I have kept my personal files in one cloth bag in my house.
17. We give dress for ironing putting them in a bag with sticks. (22)
18. I kept one bag with my office peon to bring any eatable and soft drinks
19. I keep one reusable bag in my table drawer to be used by my colleagues.
B. RAMAKRISHNA REDDY
HYDERABAD
98482 10573
November 29th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
The website http://www.badplastics.com busts safety myths propagated in the market by the plastic industry.
Many plastic products used in our dayto- day lives contain three extremely toxic chemicals, bisphenol-A (BPA), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and phthalates.
These can cause hormonal imbalance, cancer, heart problems, behavioural problems in children and also affect unborn babies.
The “Scary Facts about Plastics” listed on the site are frightening. According to a survey, 93 per cent of human population has BPA in their bodies. Plastics abuse life in multiple ways. The website recommends safer substitutes especially for plastics that have harmful chemicals.
Another crucial feature is that it allows people to share their knowledge on the website.
–
Chandrasekhar, Nemani
Program Officer
Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN)
H.No. 12-13-452, Street No.1, Tarnaka
Secunderabad - 500 017, Andhra Pradesh, India
Website: http://www.wassan.org, http://www.rainfedfarming.org
December 13th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
This website was excellent and gave me many information for my assighment. Plastic bags are really harmful and are ruining our environment. To stop this we should use paper bags and be more Eco-friendly.Even though plastic bags are bad there are positive stuff about it. Anyway this website was cool and I loved it.
December 16th, 2011 at 4:44 am
Good information and i like this post. No doubt that plastic bags have bad effecs on our environment.
December 21st, 2011 at 12:06 am
I would like to start a venture which takes advantage of this process. Could any one help me to identify the detailed process: Including the chemical treatment process, machinery used, estimated capital required and possible niticrities ?
December 23rd, 2011 at 4:47 am
Hi all,
I am doing an ecology project for my sixth grade science class and this site really helped me thank u very much….
December 30th, 2011 at 4:47 am
Well no doubt that it is a wonderful blog. I am totally agreed that plastic bags effect our environment. Thanks for sharing wonderful information.
December 30th, 2011 at 5:59 am
well…
Very a fantastic post, very nice and useful, thanks and just keep it up guys …
January 20th, 2012 at 10:33 am
it dose not make sense because if china uses 3 billion plastic bags every day than multiply it by 365 its more than 1 trillion
January 24th, 2012 at 5:47 am
It has a greater extent of impact on the environment..
February 3rd, 2012 at 1:19 am
I am in favor of using paper bag for stopping this thing. Moreover, It also also Eco-friendly in my view .
February 9th, 2012 at 7:44 am
Plastic bags is a big treat to our environment so as much as possible we must eliminate the usage of this material.
February 17th, 2012 at 5:26 am
Thanks for sharing this blog. It is really informative. No doubt that plastic bags have great impact on our environment. We all should be aware with this information.
February 27th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
if people dont stop putting pastic bags in the bay or even trash cans they will show up and the bay im young im 14 but i learn alot and i care about the bay and if we dont stop are sea animal’s will die , thinking the bags are food and hours later choke and die or get stuck and go under water die and its sad because they said they will close the bay if we dont stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my baby brother is 3 if they close the bay he will not be like me and live with they bay having the bay in his life and i would love for him to enjoy the pretty bay till he is oldder like me and i pleases you al to please stop using pastic bags and use reuseable bags for safe keepings and protect the sea not destory it thanks for reading it and please commet below and please tell me what you thank love natalie hayes age 14:)
February 28th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
We have seen the effect of plastic in the environment long time ago. This is the reason our company is now manufacturing paper bag machine as our effort to replace the environmental cost pf plastic bags.
March 22nd, 2012 at 4:54 am
Hi friends,
I found this website really helpful and informational, thank you ….
April 5th, 2012 at 6:11 am
You are great with words. I’m sure you worked really hard on this article, and it shows. I agree with a lot of your material. I enjoyed this and I will be back for more.
April 10th, 2012 at 12:51 am
These are really shocking stats. The problem is that plastic apart from being one of the cheapest commodities is also a product that can be easily produced on a large scale and people really are unaware of the environmental hazards it causes.
Plastic usage will only stop when more awareness is created among people. The best way to stop the plastic menace would be to penalize people using them and companies producing them and it can also be done by making cloth, jute bags more easily available.
May 3rd, 2012 at 12:07 am
The post is very nicely written and it contains many useful facts. I am happy to find your distinguished way of writing the post. Now you make it easy for me to understand and implement. Thanks for sharing with us.
May 13th, 2012 at 5:58 am
this is plastic age!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dude
May 13th, 2012 at 6:02 am
RECYCLE MORE & MORE PLASTICTO SAVE WORLD.
May 29th, 2012 at 12:10 am
i hope more awareness are created on this waste bag to prevent outbreak of infections
May 30th, 2012 at 11:30 pm
Before knowing these facts, we disregard these things about plastic and just use, use, use. Hopefully this post can help us head towards zero plastic usage.