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Should Plastic bags be banned? - Coggle Diagram
Should Plastic bags be banned?
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Plastic bags never degrade completely
more of them are produced by companies, more are introduced into the environment.
Therefore, the more the amount of plastic bags, the more there is Banning the use of plastic bags will help reduce this great effect.
Banning the use of plastic bags will help reduce this great effect.
plastic pollution
Plastic pollution causes harm to humans, animals and plants through toxic pollutants.
It can take hundreds or even thousands of years for plastic to break down so the environmental damage is long-lasting.
It affects all organisms in the food chain from tiny species like plankton through to whales. Toxins work their way up the food chain when plastic is ingested and can even be present in the fish people eat.
There will be more people getting food poisoning which can be fatal and even die from it
sunlight and heat cause the plastic to release powerful greenhouse gases
As our climate changes, the planet gets hotter
the plastic breaks down into more methane and ethylene, increasing the rate of climate change, and so perpetuating the cycle.
Should not
A Ban Could Be Detrimental.
Banning plastic bags in lieu of cotton or paper could have a negative impact on the environment overall
the inconvenience of limiting reuse of those bags for everyday things like lining trash cans, protecting your belongings, or even cleaning up after your pets
Plastic has a big carbon footprint, but so do many of the alternatives to plastic.
Paper has been another alternative to plastic. But the process of manufacturing paper releases nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide into the air, contributing to pollution such as acid rain and greenhouse gases.
And using paper means cutting more trees down which releases carbon dioxide stored in the trees into the environment