Disposable Products

People in modern society have been accustomed to the throw-away life for a long time. A disposable product is a product designed for cheapness and short-term use. It includes paper products, shopping bags, water bottles, food packaging and plastic cutlery. Annually, about 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks are produced in China, consuming 25 million of trees and bamboo plants; meanwhile, as world’s highest forest coverage nation, Japan imports 25 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks from China every year. (Q, Y, YU, 1999) Disposable products are brought by commercial benefits and expend their effects all over the world. This essay analyzes the reason why disposable products have been used in large amount and their connection to economic benefits, then illustrates the environmental problems and damage caused by them. Furthermore, I am going to argue whether the current regulation is effective, and if an efficient way to make it better exists. It is universally acknowledged that in present-day society people greatly benefit from disposable products. To start with, it facilitates human lives. For example, an advantage of throw-away products is to save time, especially for those people who are confronted with limited time. This kind of users can extricate themselves from considering cleaning dirty things or worrying about them damaged. Secondly, each contact in a package is the same, if one contact has some problems, the user can dispose it and arrange a new pair, which can spend less time on setting up. What’s more, these disposable products bring cleaner and healthier lifestyle than non-disposable products. According to statistics, a bacterium in 4 hours can be turned into 4096 gruesome. (Hecapedia, 2006) Bacteria propagation speed is amazing; some of diseases can spread throughout saliva. Table wares in restaurant contact with people’s mouths directly. Unclean tableware may cause cross-infection. As a customer, first reaction is to concern about the clean