I think using reusable bags every time I buy groceries will make the world a better place. Plastic tends to fill up landfills and ends up in the ocean where animals eat or get caught in it. Since plastic isn’t biodegradable I think with just my efforts I can make a very small difference. With small steps like this I am helping the environment. My family and I have always used them but since I have been in college it is hard for me to remember to bring them every time I go to the store. Since I do
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plastic and paper bags because they jeopardize our planet. Plastic and paper bags create all sort of environmental problems such as; pollution‚ dead animals‚ and overfilled landfills. So instead of using plastic or paper bags in grocery stores‚ we should considered using eco-friendly reusable bags. There are different kinds of reusable bags‚ but the latest trend is one that is made of polypropylene. Although polypropylene is a form of plastic‚ it is safer than regular plastic. These new bags are strong
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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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pence on all single-use carrier bags. However‚ most young people were not aware of the charge‚ which is the number of students taking up in these age groups‚ who may only just studying in school and go shopping infrequently. On the contrary‚ a large number of old people were aware of the charge due to often buying groceries and everyday items from shops. 2. This bar chart compares the proportion of respondents of both genders views on taking their own shopping bags. When it comes to inconvenience
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brown paper bag which the 40-year-old housewife held at the bottom‚ all 10 ¬¬¬¬¬¬-fingers at full stretch. But one side of the bag ruptured‚ too weak to hold even its meagre content. Aling Saling coddled her torn paper bag like a baby to keep what was left of her precious rice from spilling onto the wet pavement. She was torn: should she kneel and pick up her rice one grain at a time or take refuge from the rain and protect what was left? She walked on‚ her shoulders hunched over her bag. Her experience
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California State University‚ Chico Institute for Sustainable Development Life Cycle Assessment of Reusable and Single-use Plastic Bags in California January 2011 Produced under contract by: California State University Chico Research Foundation Author: Joseph Greene‚ Ph.D. Sustainable Manufacturing Program California State University‚ Chico Chico‚ CA 95929-0789 Funding provided by Table of Contents Table of Contents..........................................................................
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The article addresses the popularly debated issue of reducing the use of plastic bags in all kinds of stores that give out free plastic bags as carriers‚ especially supermarkets in Singapore. No government legislation has been implemented in Singapore so far to make it compulsory for retailers to charge customers on plastic bags‚ which has already been done in a few Asian countries. However‚ environmental agencies have been urging Singapore government to do the same while the government is encouraging
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shopping bags are usually for one-time use only and are non-biodegradable which means we keep on throwing them away and they will be nuisance garbage for hundreds of years to come. They can clog our waterways and poison our air and land. On the other hand‚ a reusable shopping bag is for long-time multiple use therefore you can use them regularly for months or even years to come thus lessening the waste we dispose. Actually‚ our first idea was really to produce an alternative reusable shopping bags‚ because
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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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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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