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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shopping bag. You can found this logo at the cashier in the supermarket and some department stores. A probable reason for us to show you this picture is it is related to our topic‚ implementing the plastic bag tax is beneficial to Hong Kong. I’m going to divide our presentation into three parts. Firstly‚ I will start with the introduction providing some brief background information about the environment levy scheme on plastic bags. Secondly‚ I’ll describe the rebuttal point of the plastic bag scheme
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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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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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Millions of plastic bags are given out to consumers by supermarkets and stores to carry their goods in. They are also cheap‚ light‚ durable‚ easy to carry and in many cases‚ free. The most commonly used shopping bag is made of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE). This type is used in the majority of supermarkets and stores. After these bags are used‚ they often end up in landfills or as litter‚ roughly only three percent of plastic bags is actually recycled per year (Planet Ark‚ 2011). The materials
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Non-biodegradable They litter our streets Plastic bags suffocate and kill Wildlife concerns Spread Awareness Environment destroyement Paper It messes up future with too much plastic bags and ends ups that we might have to leave earth. All the No points No need to ban‚ add a tax Used as a marketing ploy Freedom of choice people forget their re-useable bags Causes expense to consumers in a time of recession causes loss of jobs People can and do recycle plastic bags the environmental war needs to be
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Negative Effects of Plastic Bags There are several issues on earth that need immediate attention; such as global warming and green house effect‚ air pollution‚ climate change‚ and plastic pollution. Current use of plastic bags and disposal‚ both not only create environmental problems‚ but also reinforce the perception of a wasteful society. Human beings invented plastic bags for the convenience of carriers and packers. However‚ plastic bags have become one of the today’s serious issues that need
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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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Research Question: Should the use of plastic bags be encouraged for grocery and shopping purposes? 1.0 Introduction and chemistry background Plastic or its scientific name polyethylene is a type of polymer. Polymers are defined as a large molecules consisting of specific small repeating monomers that combine or react together. In this case‚ plastic or polyethylene is made up of small monomers called ethylene (ethene). Ethylene molecules react and combine together through addition reaction/polymerization
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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 save our plastic bags for reuse? Plastic bags are made from natural gas and petroleum
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