Here are some of the harmful effects of plastic bags:
Plastic bags litter the landscape. Once they are used, most plastic bags go into landfill, or rubbish tips. Each year more and more plastic bags are ending up littering the environment. Once they become litter, plastic bags find their way into our waterways, parks, beaches, and streets. And, if they are burned, they infuse the air with toxic fumes.
Plastic bags kill animals. About 100,000 animals such as dolphins, turtles whales, penguins are killed every year due to plastic bags. Many animals ingest plastic bags, mistaking them for food, and therefore die. And worse, the ingested plastic bag remains intact even after the death and decomposition of the animal. Thus, it lies around in the landscape where another victim may ingest it.
Plastic bags are non-biodegradable. And one of the worst environmental effects of plastic bags is that they are non-biodegradable. The decomposition of plastic bags takes about 1000 years.
Petroleum is required to produce plastic bags. As it is, petroleum products are diminishing and getting more expensive by the day, since we have been using this non-renewable resource increasingly. Petroleum is vital for our modern way of life. It is necessary for our energy requirements - for our factories, transport, heating, lighting, and so on. Without viable alternative sources of energy yet on the horizon, if the supply of petroleum were to be turned off, it would lead to practically the whole world grinding to a halt. Surely, this precious resource should not be wasted on producing plastic bags, should it?
Plastic bags is just a 10 second used thing but it takes hundreds of years to be decomposed and it also makes the soil barren. In plastic bags, plastic sometimes gets mixed with the food inside.
Although all forms of consumption have some environmental impact, paper bags are much less harmful than plastic bags are.
Plastic shipping bags are not a green item. Plastic is not biodegradable and when incinerated it emits harmful carbons that deteriorate the ozone layer.
Making a paper bag uses about twice as much oil as making a plastic bag.
they cause pollution because it is harmful to the environment.
The government should ban plastic bags because it is harmful for the environment. Eg. Because plastic bags are sometimes left on the ground they can get caught up in the ocean and kill fish and other...
Everyday non biodegradable plastic bags are very harmful to the environment on many levels. They do not break down naturally and when burned, they give off highly toxic gases. It is far better to use bio-degradable bags for the good of the future of our planet
Yes, because it is harmful to our environment.. :)
it can harm environment & our respiration system
It is a waste of trees if u get paper bags. if u get plastic bags u also harm the planet... somehow idk
the use of plastic can be harmful to the environment because you often can't reuse it without chemicals getting into the plastic so you throw it away so harmful chemicals get into the landfill you should be aware to not to use the polythene bags because you should use paper bags this may help environment
yes all plastic bags can be recycledActually the so called "green" plastic bags designed to decompose cannot be recycled. Even one mixed in with a batch of ordinary bags being recycled can ruin it all.
we can destroy plastic bags by recycling.