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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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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say 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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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
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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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Role and Functions Law/421 January 13‚ 2014 David Feldheim Law plays a big role in the operation of business and society. “Laws regulate social behavior‚ which leads to a society that runs efficiently. Laws also supply ethical standards and expectations‚ while providing rules of conduct‚ measures to enforce those rules‚ and a means for settling disputes. Other functions of law include: peacekeeping; checking government
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punishment as neglecting peace in the world. It diminishes us as a society and we should look another alternative‚ life in jail for these criminals. I am now convinced that best way for us to maintain a peaceful world is not to be hypocritical in using capital punishment. The death penalty is morally impermissible. I know that many believe that criminals responsible for horrific crimes should be punished in proportion to the crime. Criminals do deserve to be punished for such crimes and should
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Say No To Plastic Bags Plastic is a material that we can see everyday everywhere in our life‚ people all over the world are using plastic bags to carry something or other things and. Plastic bags are extremely dangerous for environment ‚ it is one of the main problem why environment in the world is becoming worst . Plastic bags are non-biodegradable ‚ it means that plastic bags cannot be turned into any other substance that benefiting environment . Even though plastics are being burned ‚ it will
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Charging for Plastic Bags Nowadays‚ many billions of plastic bags have been using every year‚ and it seems to be increased more and more. According to Noland (2013)‚ in the UK‚ the number of plastic has risen up to 5.4% in 2010 to 2011. Another statistic illustrates that 90 percent of plastic bags do not be reused or recycled (Bobby‚ 2013). This shows that people do not care much about the effect of plastic bags. Therefore‚ the government should intervene to solve this problem: to introduce a charge
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Use of Plastic bags Modern science has helped us in making our lives more comfortable and easy. It has given us everything and more than we wanted. Plastics are one of the greatest inventions of modern science. Plastics play a major role in our lives. The inventors of it little knew about it’s harmful consequences that we are facing now as they thought it to be a boon to mankind. Today they are a great threat to the environment. Everywhere around us we find plastic bags as a carrier of all kinds
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