why plastic bags should not be banned?
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Plastic items are more sanitary than other alternatives. For example, reusable bags often harbor bacteria and could pose a health risk for consumers. Plastic packaging reduces food waste and makes possible transporting and serving food in a way that reduces disease transmission.
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It's not that used plastic bags and wraps can't be recycled into new materials – they simply require a different collection system and processing equipment than many curbside recycling programs provide. So please don't put plastic bags and wraps in your curbside bin if your recycling program says NO.
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pvc plastic bags can harm what is inside them with the chemicals in the pvc that will seep / bleed out into what ever is inside it or next to it over time ... now they likely have improved the quality and durability of it though.
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Our assumptions about what is environmentally friendly don't always stand up to scrutiny. A 2014 study in the United States found that reusable LDPE and polypropylene bags do have a lower environmental impact than the usual plastic bags found in supermarkets – but only if they are reused enough times.
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the plastic used for ziplock type bags has less than 1 part per 1000 acid content........ barely there. There are papers out there that have more than that and are considered acid free.
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Importantly the use, manufacture, and importation of all plastic bags is now illegal in Kenya. This includes plastic Ziploc and duty free bags.
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Plastic bags that claim to be biodegradable were still intact and able to carry shopping three years after being exposed to the natural environment, a study has found. ... None of the bags decomposed fully in all environments. The compostable bag appears to have fared better than the so-called biodegradable bag.
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The trash bags, unfortunately, are never separated from their contents for recycling. Even if they were separated, they'd most likely be soiled, and would contaminate the recycling process. ... Instead, your biodegradable bag and other organics end up creating methane, a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
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They are illegal in many areas because of the solids load that they put on the sewage treatment plants. They are also less eco-friendly. All provinces, or 100% have bottle recycle systems in place and here in BC most household waste is recycled, including food scraps for composting.
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Non-woven bags, plastic flags, plastic bunting, plastic water pouches, plastic juice packets, drinking pet bottles (below 300ml), plastic garbage bags, PVC flex materials and plastic packets are also banned. The government has also banned the use of flex boards in the state.
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New Jersey legislators push to ban both plastic, paper bags. The New Jersey state Senate passed a ban on single-use bags and polystyrene carryout containers across the state. The New Jersey state Senate voted to ban single-use bags as well as Styrofoam and takeout containers across the state on March 5.
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Plastic was thought to be a boon but it turned out to be a curse. Plastic can be very harmful as it produces harmful gases when it is burned. As it is non bio degradable, it is harmful to the soil and takes hundreds of years to degrade or decompose.
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Although LDPE can be recycled, plastic bags are not accepted in Ottawa's recycling because they can get caught in the sorting equipment. ... Plastic bags can be returned to Take It Back!
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“Bags for life can contain more than three times as much plastic as a single-use carrier and therefore have a larger environmental footprint. They are more durable if they get into the natural environment – causing additional harm to wildlife and ecosystems.
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The short answer: No. As The Atlantic shares in its latest piece, misguided environmentalists constantly drill the idea that “reusable” bags are the environmentally friendly option, despite the fact that “canvas bags might actually be worse for the environment than the plastic ones they are meant to replace.”
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None of the 22 manufacturers of such bags in the state has been closed or issued notice. ... Polypropylene fabric, a thermoplastic polymer more harmful to the environment than plastic bags, goes into making a non-woven bag. The Madras high court has been hearing a case after such bags were banned by Tamil Nadu.
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['Limiting the use of plastic bags that are non-biodegradable.', 'Maintaining a healthy ecosystem and throwing the trash in the trash cans.', 'Try to recycle the waste products whenever possible.', 'Throwing the waste that is not littered by you in the dustbin.', 'Not pollute the environment.']