World problems issue Bag of tricks
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I. Why are plastic bags so common?
Because the plastic bag is an icon of convenience culture, by some estimates the single most ubiquitous consumer item on Earth, almost all the persons when going to the super market by the time to pay for the products they are placed in tricks, and there are many persons doing that in the world so it became an ambient issue.
II. In what other ways is plastic used?
Plastic is essential in men’s life because we found them in almost every place, like glasses plates in TV etc.
III. What are the benefits of plastic bags?
That are used to carry things and prevent that they fell down, not only for supermarket articles, it can be used at home to place things into.
IV. What are the dangers of plastic bags?
The problem with plastic bags isn't just where they end up, it's that they never seem to end. "All the plastic that has been made is still around in smaller and smaller pieces," says Stephanie Barger, executive director of the Earth Resource Foundation.
Plastic doesn't biodegrade. That means unless they've been incinerated -- a noxious proposition -- every plastic bag you've ever used in your entire life, including all those bags that the newspaper arrives in on your doorstep, even on cloudless days when there isn't a sliver of a chance of rain, still exists in some form, even fragmented bits, and will exist long after you're dead.
V. What has been done so far?
llowing the lead of countries like Ireland, Bangladesh, South Africa, Thailand and Taiwan, some U.S. cities are striking back against what they see as an expensive, wasteful and unnecessary mess. This year, San Francisco and Oakland outlawed the use of plastic bags in large grocery stores and pharmacies, permitting only paper bags with at least 40 percent recycled content or otherwise compostable bags. The bans have not taken effect yet, but already the city of Oakland is being sued by an association of plastic bag manufacturers calling itself the Coalition to Support Plastic Bag Recycling. Meanwhile, other communities across the country, including Santa Monica, Calif., New Haven, Conn., Annapolis, Md., and Portland, Ore., are considering taking drastic legislative action against the bags. In Ireland, a now 22-cent tax on plastic bags has slashed their use by more than 90 percent since 2002. In flood-prone Bangladesh, where plastic bags choked drainage systems, the bags have been banned since 2002.
VI. Has it been successful? Why or why not?
There are 46,000 pieces of plastic litter floating in every square mile of ocean, according to the United Nations Environment Programme, so they can sell the bags for a small price, to use that money to recycle the bags floating in the rivers or that are killing the animals and in a future they will kill us.
2.-
a. What are some of the potential benefits of charging fees for and/or banning plastic bags? b. What are some of the potential drawbacks of such programs?
Because the countries would have benefits by selling the bags at a low prize they can have money to clean the contaminated parts of each country.
As the issue grew across the country and overseas, it became layered with debates on topics like the environmental benefits of bans and fees and to how to win support from retailers for them.
Over the last year, bag makers have increased their marketing efforts, saying that their product has been unfairly maligned and that they will do more to reduce waste through recycling.
c. Which benefits and drawbacks seem the most compelling? Why? d. Would you support a local law charging fees for (or banning) plastic bags? Why or why not?
Despite its popular appeal, the issue has not been a priority for national environmental groups. They are more likely to focus on broad federal issues, y would support the charging for the bags but the money earned would be used to clean the places with excessive bags and recycling them so the environment would be more likely and the country will be clean.
Problem in Mexico
1. Do you agree with this new law? Why or why not?
Yes because if there are banned the people would contaminate less and if you want bags you will need to purchase them, and the ecology will become healthy.
“The plastics industry is not to blame” for the plastic bags problem, he said. “It’s the fault of the authorities, who are incapable of managing waste.”
2. What has been done so far?
It’s in process that the law would be placed and Mexico would need to find a way to recycle all the plastic used so far.
3. What needs to be done to enforce such a law?
The legislative assembly would need to prevent that the new law would be obeyed and apply the law, Store owners will then have a year in which to replace polyethylene T-shirt bags and those available in rolls with ones made from degradable materials.
If they don’t, they will face up to 36 hours in jail or a maximum fine of 20,000 times the minimum daily wage.
4. What campaigns would you suggest?
Use different kind of things to carry the super market stuff but the real issue is that the environment is contaminated and Mexico would be full of trash in the future if we do not recycle, we need at home to put in a trash can the organic trash and in another the inorganic.
