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 of gallons
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used frequently in our daily lives‚ I believe it should be banned as a good first step in reducing the use of plastic materials. New Yorkers should strive to lessen the use of plastic by replacing plastic bags with other material alternatives‚ such as biodegradable or reusable bags. Plastic bags are very popular
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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 on the open air market and
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Current plastic bag use and disposal‚ both by consumers and through waste management activities‚ not only create environmental problems‚ but also reinforce the perception of a wasteful society. Plastic bags as litter create a visual pollution problem‚ and affect our aquatic wildlife. Many of the grocery store use the plastic bags as a tool to keep the things easy to carrying. Plastic bags aren’t just at the grocery store‚ there every where‚ landfills‚ the oceans and lakes‚ hanging on trees around
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Millions of disposable plastic bags are used and discarded in Washington each year. A beached grey whale was found in West Seattle in 2010 with 20 plastic bags in its stomach. Small pieces of plastic can absorb toxic pollutants like DDT and PCB. Scientists have found that fish are ingesting these toxins when they ingest plastic‚ concentrating the chemicals in the food chain. There is a good chance that we also absorb these pollutants when we eat fish. The good news is‚ Washingtonians are taking
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2BBE “BAG WITH ORGANIZER AND DETACHABLE HANDLES” A. Market Research and Analysis 1. PRODUCT/BUSINESS DESCRIPTION “A disorganized bag is the bane of women’s existence. Your bag is the portable microcosm of you feeling organized and light on your feet‚ or weighed down and chaotic‚” says Julie Morgenstern. Disorganized bag is the bane of women’s existence because instead of putting your time to work‚ you are wasting your time looking for your things inside your bag. Organized bag can make
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no to plastic bags! Plastic bags should be banned from grocery stores. I often go to the store and buy 1 or 2 items and I am given so many bags. I feel that we have become an extremely wasteful society. If we could just say no to plastic bags we would be slowing down the waste in landfills. It takes a little more effort to remember to carry reusable bags in the car but it is worth saving our environment. I am proud to say that my young daughters have said no to the plastic bag when they have
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My name is Milk Bear. I am a school bag. Let me tell you about my past. Early one morning‚ I found myself hanging in a bag shop. Suddenly‚ a young girl‚ about eight years old‚ walked into the shop. Her name is Michelle. She told her mother that she needed a new school bag because her previous bag had given way. So‚ her mother asked Michelle to choose a bag that she liked. Michelle looked at the shelf and saw me. She took me down and placed me on the counter. Suddenly‚ everything turned
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JoAnna Baugh Greg Bade English 40322 11‚ September‚ 2012 Paper bag Essay If you were to give me a paper bag and told me to place three or four things that represented who I am inside of it‚ I would not know where to start. There are so many things that I could fit in a paper bag that describes me. I think that these three specific items will represent me the most. The first item that I would place inside of the paper bag would be a coffee cup from Starbucks because I am an avid coffee
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Four out of five grocery bags in the US are now plastic (Reusablebags.com). However‚ the answer should not be merely plastic‚ the real answer is neither. Plastic bags are very harmful for the environment‚ and paper bags even more so. The best alternative is a reusable bag‚ which can save thousands of plastic bags over its lifetime. Plastic bags are everywhere. We see them anywhere from the town grocery market to the convenience store down the street. Admittedly‚ plastic bags are very convenient. They
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