As technology advanced, people developed multiple products that allow them to live a much more convenient and efficient life but is extremely harmful to the environment. Some people claim that one of the causes of the environment to deteriorate is plastic bags and is now time for us to show effort in preserving the ecosystem by banning the use of plastic bags. However, I disapprove such claim and the reasons to why I believe in such way will be elaborated in more detail below.
First of all, banning only plastic bags will not help in preserving the environment. Many alternatives have been presented to replace the use of plastic bags but they are also still detrimental to the environment. I would like to mention one of the replacements which is paper bags. They are known to be far more eco-friendly because it does not ellude any harmful components when decomposing. However, in order to create paper bags, multiple trees need to be cut down and as this continues, a whole forest can be eradicated, eliminating the habitat for multiple wild species.
Similarly, plastic bags are not the actual problem of deteriorating the environment, but the excessive amount of thrown away plastics are. Immense amount of plastics are thrown away without being resued these days and caused multiple negative consequences to the ecosystem. However, as technology advanced, these waste of plastics were able to be transformed into plastic bags. Because plastics are malleable, people started to reform the products made with plastic, such as plastic bottles, into bags. Since reusing the plastics for a different purpose is much better than simply throwing them away to pollute the environment.
Second, plastic bags may be the only option for certain range of people and banning the use of the product can have unprecedented negative consequences. Plastic bags are much cheaper than eco-friendly products such as paper bags and because of this, there may be people who can not afford to use paper bags even if they desire to. Forcing them to not use plastic bags would have them to go grocery shopping less often, because it is impossible for them to bring large amount of food without plastic bags, and instead to consume already made products such as junk foods. This can lead to lack of healthy nutrients and obesity.
To sum up, while plastic bags may be negative to the environment, banning only the plastic bags will not resolve the problem. Alternative products are still detrimental to the ecosystem and plastic bags may be the only option for those who cannot afford expensive eco-friendly bags.
As technology advanced,
people
developed
multiple
products
that
allow
them to
live
a much more convenient and efficient life
but
is
extremely
harmful to the
environment
.
Some
people
claim that one of the causes of the
environment
to deteriorate is
plastic
bags
and is
now
time for us to
show
effort in preserving the ecosystem by
banning
the
use
of
plastic
bags
.
However
, I disapprove such claim and the reasons to why I believe in such way will
be elaborated
in more detail below.
First of all
,
banning
only
plastic
bags
will not
help
in preserving the
environment
.
Many
alternatives have
been presented
to replace the
use
of
plastic
bags
but
they are
also
still
detrimental to the
environment
. I would like to mention one of the replacements which is paper
bags
. They
are known
to be far more eco-friendly
because
it does not
ellude
any harmful components when decomposing.
However
, in order to create paper
bags
,
multiple
trees need to be
cut
down and as this continues, a whole forest can
be eradicated
, eliminating the habitat for
multiple
wild species.
Similarly
,
plastic
bags
are not the actual problem of deteriorating the
environment
,
but
the excessive amount of thrown away
plastics
are. Immense amount of
plastics
are thrown
away without being
resued
these days and caused
multiple
negative
consequences to
the ecosystem.
However
, as technology advanced, these waste of
plastics
were able to
be transformed
into
plastic
bags
.
Because
plastics
are malleable,
people
started
to reform the
products
made with
plastic
, such as
plastic
bottles, into
bags
. Since reusing the
plastics
for a
different
purpose is much better than
simply
throwing them away to pollute the environment.
Second,
plastic
bags
may be the
only
option for certain range of
people
and
banning
the
use
of the
product
can have unprecedented
negative
consequences.
Plastic
bags
are much cheaper than eco-friendly
products
such as paper
bags
and
because of this
, there may be
people
who can not afford to
use
paper
bags
even if they desire to. Forcing them to not
use
plastic
bags
would have them to go grocery shopping less
often
,
because
it is impossible for them to bring large amount of food without
plastic
bags
, and
instead
to consume already made
products
such as junk foods. This can lead to lack of healthy nutrients and obesity.
To sum up, while
plastic
bags
may be
negative
to the
environment
,
banning
only
the
plastic
bags
will not resolve the problem. Alternative
products
are
still
detrimental to the ecosystem and
plastic
bags
may be the
only
option for those who cannot afford expensive eco-friendly
bags
.