a day and billion times a year is the plastic bag. Yes the plastic bag‚ the one that is at grocery stores‚ clothing stores and even restaurants. Several cities have even started to implement to some degree the plastic bag ban into their cities meaning the bags are banned from that city or there is a fine/ tax to use and purchase the plastic bags. This ban obviously has its supporters who agree with the ban and like the idea of reducing and banning the plastic use in their cities and there are the
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Introduction Amongst the myriad of literature on the issue of plastic bag usage‚ multiple perspectives have been brought up and discussed. In this critique‚ I will be highlighting some of these issues discussed and provide my analysis on the article. Summary of Key Issues In Singapore‚ it is commonplace to issue free plastic bags. As plastic is non-biodegradable‚ it causes pollution and consumes significant amounts of precious resources including petroleum and land. The manufacturing also produces
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Reduce Usage of plastic bag Plastic! Plastic! Plastic!.this materials is use by people all over the world.Plastic uses for many activity‚mainly for carry things.we can see plastic every day and every where in our life.at shop even at stall.Usage of plastic has advantage and disadvantage. The advantages of plastic are ‚ the misuse of plastic bags may be responsible for environmental contamination‚ they are much more eco-friendly than many assume‚ especially when looked at from their creation to
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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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the term‚ “paper or plastic” came from? In 1977‚ Gordon Dancy revolutionized the consumer experience by inventing the plastic bag to replace the paper bag (Turner & Sutton‚ 2012). His intention was to save the trees that would need to be cut down to create paper bags; however in his quest for environmental preservation‚ he inadvertently created a worse evil. Plastic bags are everywhere; it is almost impossible to make a purchase today without receiving our items in a plastic bag‚ but how many of use
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Sustainability Issues with Plastic Bags A plastic bag is used for 5minutes on average but requires more than a thousand years for it to decompose (Sharma‚2008). After decomposition‚ the tiny particles continue to contaminate our water sources and threaten wildlife (West‚ n.d.). Yet‚ the global usage of plastic bags hits an unprecedented annual rate of 1 trillion (Facts‚n.d.)‚ with Singapore contributing 3 billion in 2011(Tay‚2012). Hence‚ it is vital that we pay more attention to our environment
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issue of excessive usage of plastic bags in Singapore‚ and explores the possibility of reducing this usage by levying a fee when large retail outlets issue plastic bags. While some retailers feel that a formal governmental legislation should be passed before proceeding with the charge‚ others feel that retailers should implement these measures even without such mandatory policies. As this measure may potentially be feasible and effective in reducing the usage of plastic bags in Singapore‚ the government
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Topic : Plastic Bag VS Non-woven Bag (to prove non-woven bags are not environmentally friendly and less should be used). Say NO to non-woven bags! ’Thanks for taking your own recyclable bag!’ many sales of retail shops say this as to reduce the use of plastic bags. Nowadays‚ it is not difficult to find at least one non-woven bag in each single family in Hong Kong and its usage has been skyrocketed. But does it mean they are more environmentally
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Harmful effect of Plastic Bags Plastic bags have rapidly becoming popular among consumers and retailers due to its convenience and functionality and it comes at a relatively low cost. Wastage and hygiene issue arises as these non- biodegradable bags are usually littered and not recycled. Technological advances that led to even lighter bags have worsened this problem. These lighter bags are often not suitable for reuse and heavy items have to be double bag‚ increasing the use of plastic bags. As a result
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Plastic Bags affect on the Environment GS104 Intro to Environmental Science In the slide presentation The Danger of Plastic bags really opened my eyes to the amount of damage and the cost of using plastic bags. The damage done from plastic bags is a global concern it affects all aspects of the environment from the land we live on to the sea we travel to the food we eat‚ plastic bags are consuming the world we know. We are consumers and if we are not carful the things we use and take
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