What’s So Bad About Plastic Bags? Plastic bags are not biodegradable. They clog waterways‚ spoil the landscape‚ and end up in landfills where they may take 1‚000 years or more to break down into ever smaller particles that continue to pollute the soil and water. Plastic bags also pose a serious danger to birds and marine mammals that often mistake them for food. Thousands die each year after swallowing or choking on discarded plastic bags. Finally‚ producing plastic bags requires millions
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For skeptics of cosmetic surgery Argument over cosmetic procedures about the risks and benefits. Does cosmetic surgery make individuals feel confident about themselves? Although the economy is just beginning to rebound consumers feel more open about spending money on cosmetic surgery. Justifiable reasons for these surgical procedures wanting to change their appearance‚ peer pressure and bullying‚ and even low cost procedures.
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Paper or Plastic? You are at the grocery store checking out and the clerk asks you‚ “paper or plastic?” Which one will you choose? Do you choose paper because you think it is better for the environment‚ or do you choose plastic because its easier to carry? Whatever choice you make is up to you‚ but I hope that after reading this essay you will be more informed about the choice you do make. Paper comes from trees. It starts from logging‚ where trees are marked and cut down. In the logging process
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The Effects of Plastic Bags on Environmentt * | * The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really quite devastating. While there are many objections to the banning of plastic bags based solely on their convenience‚ the damage to the environment needs to be controlled. * There is no way to strictly limit the effects of plastic bags on the environment because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. While reusing them is the first step‚ most people
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Plastic Plastics are used on a daily basis throughout the world. The word plastic is a common term that is used for many materials of a synthetic or semi-synthetic nature. The term was derived from the Greek plastikos‚ which means “fit for molding.” Plastics are a wide variety of combinations of properties when viewed as a whole. They are used for shellac‚ cellulose‚ rubber‚ and asphalt. We also synthetically manufacture items such as clothing‚ packaging‚ automobiles‚ electronics‚ aircrafts‚ medical
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onwards‚ plastic bags became common for carrying daily groceries from the store to vehicles and homes throughout the developed world. As plastic bags increasingly replaced paper bags‚ and as other plastic materials and products replaced glass‚ metal‚ stone‚ timber and other materials‚ a packaging materials war erupted‚ with plastic shopping bags at the center of highly publicized disputes. Although few peer-reviewed studies or government surveys have provided estimates for global plastic bag use‚
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Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery English/101 February 13‚ 2011 Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery With the number of teenagers choosing to have cosmetic surgery increasing‚ teenagers are not always emotionally mature enough to make an educated decision about the surgery. They do not always understand the limitations of cosmetic surgery‚ nor do they consider the complications after the surgery or the long term effects. In 2009 there were nearly 210‚000 cosmetic surgery procedures performed
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Worldwide consumers use up to 1.5 trillion plastic bags every year. In the consumers possession the plastic bags stay with them for an average of fifteen minutes before they get thrown away or released to blow down into the wind‚ down our streets‚ and into our world. In Israel the average time of holding on to a single plastic bag is twenty minutes. The use of plastic bags tally’s up to $4 million per year for retailers. One company which buys half of the used plastic bags in the United States that are available
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that a person considering having a procedure should know. Cosmetic surgery has been practiced for many years however‚ it is dangerous and many people face addiction. Before having a cosmetic procedure it is important to know all the facts. Cosmetic surgery being so popular‚ many people are not aware that there are two types of plastic surgery: Cosmetic plastic surgery and Reconstructive plastic surgery. Cosmetic surgery is the improvement of a person’s natural features on a purely aesthetic
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Canada: Self Published‚ 2008. pg.14-16. This article talks about the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that’s in the North Pacific Ocean. It also explains how 80% of the debris is plastic that floats for hundreds of miles until it’s caught up in a gyre. I would use this article to show how plastic ends up there and is broken down by sunlight and salt and ingested by fish and birds. Blomberg‚ Lindsey. By the Numbers‚ The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. NOAA Marine Debris Program. HYPERLINK
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