Paper vs. Plastic: Which is better? Thousands and thousands of people are shopping in grocery stores each day using either plastic or paper bags. They think of it as something that just holds their items. What they don’t know is how much it harms our environment. So the question is which is better? “3.14 billion Plastic shopping bags and 53 million Kraft paper bags are produced annually to satisfy the national market‚ consuming 28.5 million kilograms of plastic
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How do plastic bags affect our ocean? Plastic bags affect our environment by getting into soil and slowly releasing toxic chemicals. Most ocean pollution starts out on land and is carried by wind and rain to the sea. Now‚ the plastic bag pollution does not only affect humans‚ it also affects animals. Plastic bag pollution affects our economy‚ costing us untold dollars spent in beach cleanups‚ tourism losses and damages to fishing and aquaculture industries. To a sea turtle‚ a floating plastic bag looks
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Jennifer Price‚ in her essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History‚” provides the reader with a brief account of a fad during the 1950’s. While narrating the article with a mild‚ satirical tone‚ Price also includes a plethora of details to present an anecdote. However‚ by doing so she also embeds her own view on United States culture – a culture she ridicules as overly commercialized and volatile. The sudden “splash” of the pink flamingo into the fifties is a result of America’s capitalistic
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Some people with relatives that have undergone plastic surgery presume that it automatically increases a child’s confidence by making them feel better about their appearance. Jill Weinstein‚ the mother of Jen Selter(child who underwent rhinoplasty/nose job)‚ asserts her opinion on plastic surgery: “Jen is so happy now...I would say to parents ... it’s[plastic surgery] the greatest gift you could give to your child. What greater gift is confidence and to help them feel happy in who they are?”(qtd
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million pounds of plastic and paper bags end up in the ocean. So in effect dolphins‚ manatees‚ large fish‚ etc mistaken those bags for food and end up dieing because of all the toxic materials those bags are made of. Even though these consumable bags are horrific for our environment‚ grocery stores still use them. As stated earlier plastic bags are not only harmful to animals‚ but are harmful to the actual land around us! For example 10% of the debris on the u.s coastline is plastic bags. Unfortunately
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the particles. Cohesive soils have plastic consistency between specific limits moisture contents. Below these levels they have a solid consistency and above a liquid consistency. Therefore‚ the soil has two important properties to be analyzed‚ the Liquid Limit (LL) and the Plastic Limit (PL). The Liquid Limit is the moisture content that makes the soil has a liquid behavior. The Plastic Limit is the moisture content below which the soil becomes from the plastic state to the semi-solid state‚ which
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Introduction A. Background of the study Due to the overwhelming demand of plastic bag production and its effects on our environment‚ our landfills are crammed with these non biodegradable materials. Substances used in the manufacturing brought forth various harmful chemicals which worsen over time. As the destructive compounds such as Chloroflourocarbon were introduced‚ the complete deprivation of the Ozone Layer starts. However‚ scientists and nature preservers alike managed to overthrow this
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In Katherine Mangu-Ward’s article‚ “Plastic Bags are Good for You” she argues that plastic bags are better than paper bags because they’re cheaper for stores to distribute‚ they can hold items that are twice its own weight‚ and they can be used for other household necessities. Mangu-Ward makes reasonable points and provides a lot of information in her article‚ but she does not have reliable sources that supports her claims. Also she does not cite the sources she is getting her information from. The
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Negative Effects of Plastic It’s everywhere‚ just look around you. It is even man-made and we use it to build almost everything‚ our computers‚ vehicles‚ furniture‚ cell phones and every electronic ever made. Plastic use has increased a lot the past century and still continues to increase each year. People use and depend on plastic everyday and never question it’s harmfulness towards our world. Plastic is a growing problem and effects the environment around us and wildlife. Recycling
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTTING Introduction Throughout the 20th century‚ plastics have been an essential part of the market industry. Most plastics are a combination of other organic and inorganic compounds; 20% of the content of a plastic is composed of additives. Biodegradable plastics are usually derived from proteins such as those that are present in a potato plant. Polymers are large molecules consisting of many repeating units‚ called monomers. Polymers can be made out of starch
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