...Why not to use Plastic bags As everyone knows the humble plastic bag has become an integral part of our lives. In fact the plastic bag has become so common that we hardly notice their presence. Yet if you look around you will notice that we are all in a swamp of plastic bags! They are everywhere. We use them to pack clothes, shoes, pens, tools, video games and even fruits and vegetables. At the super market they are soft yet strong packing medium. They are light weight, high strength and very flexible and come at a low cost. All of this might sound wonderful. But do you want to be a person who contributes to one of the latest and difficult of the environmental problems. The plastic bag is an agent of air pollution, cancer and skin disease. People who use these bags have made this an environmental menace which has made many of world's clean and glimmering metropolises a pile of garbage! Did you know they are a slow poison in our daily life? When you use plastic bag do you know how they are made? Many of the plastic bags at the super market are made through recycled plastic; this means the old plastic is burnt at high temperatures and melted down. For this process a large number of hazardous chemicals are used which makes them a severe health hazard. When you use a plastic bag you could be responsible for giving people who are close to you cancer, because when plastic bags and other plastic materials are burnt below 7,000 degrees they produce gasses which can lead to skin...
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...single use plastic carryout bags, such as impacts to biological resources (including marine environments), water quality and utilities (solid waste equipment and facilities) 2. Deterring the use of paper bags by retail customers 3. Promoting a shift toward the use of reusable carryout bags by retail customers 4. Reducing the amount of single-use bags in trash loads to reduce landfill volumes 5. Reducing litter and the associated adverse impacts to storm water systems, aesthetics and marine and terrestrial environments 1. Have you heard or read about the dangerous of Plastic Bags? A . Yes B . No 2. What are the sources of your information about the dangerous of plastic bags? a. Relatives and friends b.School or University c.T.V , Radio, and newspapers 3. . How many plastic bag are consumed per week ? a.Less than 20 b.20 to 50 c.50 to 100 d.More than 100 4. Do you re-use plastic bag ? a.Yes b.No 5. There are many alternatives for plastic bags such as cotton, linen and paper bags…etc, do you know it? a.Yes b no 6. Do you use alternatives of plastic bag while shopping ? A. Yes B. No 7. Do you think that the society has enough information about the dangers of plastic bags? a. Sufficient b.Insufficient c.Requires more Awareness d.I do not know 8. Do you think that you can reduce your rate of consumption of plastic bags? a.Yes b.No 9. Are you ready to support efforts to reduce consumption of plastic bags? a.Yes b...
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...Harmful effects of plastic bags: “May I have a plastic bag to carry my stuff?” It is a very common statement which we hear in the markets and shops since our senses began. It is a fibre that is waterproof, light in weight and easily available which makes it a very strong alternative of paper or jute bags. No doubt their fabric is very attractive and fashionable to be carried. But people were hardly ignorant about its unforeseen threat to the nature. It is chemically a polymer by property which reveals its evil side towards nature and its cycle. Scientists say that a polymer is non-biodegradable and thus takes millions and millions of years to go down the earth. Now before describing the harmful effects of plastic bags, I would like to focus upon the fact that our nature has created our ecological system that happens to be inter-dependent upon every living creature for survival. This mode is popularly called as the Food Chain and the Food Web. And the most fearful fact is that the human being is also included in this interdependence system of nature. So, a mistake caused by us multiplies itself all through the cycle to return back as a boomerang, but reaches us in the form of a major crime. We generally throw our plastic bags after our purpose is done. These thrown bags are collected in the dustbins of the municipality garbage dump areas. Day by day every else bit gets decomposed by the microbes except these plastic bags. They remain intact in the ground. Now this causes...
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...Plastic Bag film Transcript Unit 8 Opening credits: Future States (images transition from highway to city streets, with background music) Opening scene – Begins with plastic bag on the beach. Bag narrates, “They told me it’s out there – the Pacific Vortex…paradise.” Close up on bag: Bag narrates, “You may be thinking, ‘Hey, shut up and enjoy the sunset, you idiots.” Well, I don’t care what you think. No one needs me anymore, not even my Maker. Do you know her, by chance? Have you seen her?” The bag blows toward the ocean…. Next scene: Plastic bags in a checkout lane in a store. As plastic bag is selected, bag narrates, “My first breath. I met my Maker. I had a purpose.” Scene of woman (Maker) driving home with bag on floor of passenger side of car. Inside the house, the bag narrates, “She was quick to accept me into her home, and make me a part of her life. But she also gave me my independence.” Next scenes: Office and outdoors (bag contains a banana, etc. for lunch). Bag narrates, “I met her friends. She trusted me.” Next scene on tennis court; bag narrates, “She showed me what she knew of the world. I didn’t understand all her running around, but I always cheered her on” (as the woman takes tennis ball out of the plastic bag). At home, woman puts ice into bag, ties it up, and puts bag on the counter. Bag narrates, “This was shocking.” Next scene: Woman reading magazine in bed; bag narrates, “This brought me closer to her than ever before....
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...Sam Kouri Prof. Alton Artist Biography 13 March 2016 Closer to Love “If power cannot be used to love human beings, why try to conquer it?-Pascale Marthine Tayou(Jouanno). Pascal Marthin Tayou, later feminized to Pascale Marthine Tayou, was born in 1967 to a new generation on Cameroonians, a generation that was now longer conquered by the French (Magnin). On January 1st 1960 President Ahmadou Ahido gained independence for his people by uniting the formerly British Southern Cameroons with French Cameroun to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon (Chika Okeke-Agulu). At this time Tayou was pursuing a career in law hoping that is would lead to a kind of purity. He later fled the profession after realizing the system was corrupt and turned to an old passion of his, art. Tayou stated, “when I was young I wrote and I drew. It was my way or rebelling.” (Bellmann) Beyond being part of his own life Tayou’s works today is based on the premise that art cannot be separate from life. Pascale Marthine Tayou is a chameleon able to change between many tiles such as sculptor, drawer, installator, performer, and video artist as well as a poet, writer, director and actor in his own plays and films (Bellmann) . His works might individually seem formless and out of control, viewed together in an instillation his works are like a series of interconnected dynamic networks that also like the chameleon blend together to create one message. Through Pascale Marthine Tayou postcolonial, modernist...
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...Most people do not realize, but plastic bags are not just the bags you use to carry your purchases. There are quite a few bags that can be recycled such as plastic bags that your newspaper comes in, bread bags, dry cleaning bags, and paper towel wrappings just to name a few. As you can see the list would go on and on. So that is why Richmond as well as other communities should feel compelled to recycle plastic bags to reduce, recycle, and reuse in order to save our environment. When this bag epidemic started is really not the issue, as everyone knows that there is a problem and they need to know what to do about it and plastic bags are everywhere these days and certainly in places that they should not be. So how are we in Richmond to deal with this problem? Well that is easy reduce, recycle, and reuse. As Rex Springston of the Times-Dispatch Staff Writer stated in his November 16, 2010 article “If you don’t need a plastic bag, you don’t need to take a plastic bag”. So people there is the challenge don’t take it, if you don’t need it. If we all would recycle our plastic bags we would reduce waste and become one state which would be included in a growing national trend nationwide with more than 832 million pounds recycled in 2008 which is a 28 percent increase since 2005. So what does that mean for you as a person who recycles? By recycling plastic bags and wraps you are providing valuable material to live a second life as durable decking boards, fences...
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...The use of plastic bags has been a largely debated topic in areas both locally and nationally, as the cost of bans placed upon plastic bags is largely portrayed as an unnecessary evil. Although plastic bags may be seen as a simple disposable source for transport of goods, it is abundantly clear that bans on plastic bags, and even other types of bags, will not only improve the environment, but also the economy of the community. It may be argued that “plastic bags have a lighter environmental footprint than paper”(Source D) the opposite has been found true through Source C, where it displays plastic bags as number four on the main list of debris found on ocean fronts. Even paper, deemed more environmentally friendly than plastic, has its own difficulties if only used as a simple disposable bag. In Source F it states that paper “causes pollution...consumes energy...consumes water, [is] inefficient [in] recycling...produces waste [and has] biodegrading difficulties”, to which it expounds. When plastic, or even paper, is only used once, the drawbacks of both significantly outweigh the argument of one versus the other. Furthermore, Source D states that “paper, LDPE, non-woven PP and...
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...As everyone knows the humble plastic bag has become an integral part of our lives. In fact the plastic bag has become so common that we hardly notice their presence. Yet if you look around you will notice that we are all in a swamp of plastic bags! They are everywhere. We use them to pack clothes, shoes, pens, tools, video games and even fruits and vegetables. At the super market they are soft yet strong packing medium. They are light weight, high strength and very flexible and come at a low cost. All of this might sound wonderful. But do you want to be a person who contributes to one of the latest and difficult of the environmental problems. The plastic bag is an agent of air pollution, cancer and skin disease. People who use these bags have made this an environmental menace which has made many of world's clean and glimmering metropolises a pile of garbage! Did you know they are a slow poison in our daily life? When you use plastic bag do you know how they are made? Many of the plastic bags at the super market are made through recycled plastic; this means the old plastic is burnt at high temperatures and melted down. For this process a large number of hazardous chemicals are used which makes them a severe health hazard. When you use a plastic bag you could be responsible for giving people who are close to you cancer, because when plastic bags and other plastic materials are burnt below 7,000 degrees they produce gasses which can lead to skin disease and some forms of cancer...
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...Several successful singles followed thereafter. “Fireworks” was released on October 16, 2010 by Capitol Records as the third single from the album “Teenage Dreams”. This song was considered by Perry as the most important song for her on the album. The song is a self-empowerment anthem with inspirational lyrics regarding participation, public speaking, awareness and exercise of rights, and many more factors that promote individuality. To say this in another way, this song is about the breaking of personal limitation that seem to hold people back. A plastic bag being blown through the wind is aimless and has no control of where it’s going. Katy Perry paints the same picture in her lyrics when she writes that “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again?” The plastic bag in her song is an allusion to the American Beauty movie and a simile because she compares a person to a plastic bag. Plastic bags blown through the wind have no direction. This is so true to some people with no goals, ambitions and sometimes no ideas of what to do with life. The artist was referring to people who felt like they did not have control of their life but needed a second chance. A house of cards can be an example...
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...solution to solve the worldwide plastic bag problem? As time goes by, the situation with our planet becomes worse. People are the main cause of the already damaged environment and unfortunately a lot of them do not even realize that they harm their own home. One of the biggest problems that have deteriorated is the plastic bag problem. It is a growing menace to humans and the consequences of it can be very bad. For example, plastic bags are made of petroleum, and when used – they cause a lot of pollution. It is also known that each year, people throw away 4 billion plastic bags. Moreover, it takes a lot of time for plastic to break down in water or on land. All these facts together turn plastic bags into a serious threat. To solve this problem, I believe that the best solution is to use biodegradable plastic bags. There are several factors which make them an excellent alternative to regular plastic bags. First, they do not damage the environment during their cycle. Second, they only consist of natural materials, which allow them to compost perfectly with organic trash, such as liquids and leaves. Third, they do not harm wildlife. When swallowed by animals, they are quickly digested as they disintegrate. Finally, people who intend to use biodegradable plastic bags do not have to change anything in their kitchen as their usage is the same as regular plastic bags. As a conclusion, I am confident that the usage of biodegradable plastic bags can greatly help us in solving...
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...distribution and use of plastic bags. Central Idea: The United States needs to impose a ban and/or a fine for the distribution and use of plastic bags on all states because of the devastation caused globally every year. Organizational Pattern: Problem Cause Solution Order Introduction: A. (Attention getter) When we throw something away, something as simple as a plastic bag, we often don’t think of where it will end up or the journey it takes to its permanent home. We don’t care what happens next; however, 86% of you stated, in my audience analysis, that we do need to be concerned with plastic pollution in Nebraska (Audience Analysis). (show plastic bag video) B....
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...n9734007 CORRECTING EXTERNALITIES IN CONSUMPTION Word count: 1160 Introduction This research essay aims to provide an insight and overview of the economic effects of a plastic bag tax. It is important that this issue is addressed because if it is left unaddressed, the consequences could be dire. The essay will discuss the impact that plastic bags are having on society and why the over consumption of such needs to be corrected. Furthermore, it will explain the economic models that are relevant to the issue along with analysing real world examples of similar policies; discussing the limitations and restrictions associated with such models. Setting the Context Australia’s consumption of plastic grocery bags was estimated to be approximately seven billion per year in 2002 (National Plastic Shopping Bags Working Group, 2002), so we can assume it is in excess of this figure currently. This consumption results in negative externalities, not only impacting the environment, but also reducing the efficiency of other sectors of the economy. As these plastic bags are composed of many non-renewable resources such as crude oil, coal and gases, there is an opportunity cost associated with not recycling them. The fuel consumed by driving a car one kilometre is equivalent to the petroleum content of 8.7 bags (Environment Australia, 2002). As these bags are used once, and disregarded, that means that Australia is wasting enough potential fuel to power a car for over...
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...INTRODUCTION 2 I. LITERATURE REVIEW 3 I.1 Externalities 3 I.2. Environmental tax 5 II. THE LEVY ON PLASTIC BAGS IN IRELAND 8 II.1. Summary 8 II.2.The nature of the levy 10 II.3. Implementation and enforcement 12 II.4. Results and impacts 12 III. LESSON FROM PLASTIC BAGS LEVY IN IRELAND 17 III.1. Ireland’s lessons 17 III.2. Plastic bags levy in Vietnam: 19 CONCLUSION 23 REFERENCES 24 INTRODUCTION Now that people increasingly pay more attention to environmental issues, they are manifested in all areas of life. Air pollution? Do not worry. Already a car powered by electricity or eco-gasoline or even grass. Water pollution? Do not worry. Already advanced wastewater treatment technologies. So what if the pollution is caused by the consumption of plastic bags? Not easy to answer. Let’s stand in the shoes of a public economist. The consumption of plastic bags brings a lot of benefits for everyone. If you are a manufacturer of plastic bags, you will get a lot of money as your profit. If you are a consumer of plastic bags, you will be satisfied with the benefits that they bring you. They are cheap, very light and of course, very easy to throw away after used. Now the problem has arisen. Have you ever wondered where plastic bags will be after discarded? We can say for sure that they do not disappear. They stay and pollute the environment. Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik used to say: "The impact of this plastic waste can be seen littering our landscape...
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...Dangers of plastic bags Plastic bags present various forms of dangers and hazards to human beings and the environment. To start with, pose a hygiene problem as their poor disposal leads to blockage of sanitary and drainage systems. This accelerates cases of water borne illnesses amongst people in the neighborhoods (Mathias, 2009). Moreover, the lack poor disposal of plastic bags affects agricultural activities as it hinders water penetration into the soil besides interfering with the formation of manure. To add to this, the photo-gradable plastics are easily broken down by light into chemicals that are harmful in nature (Bushnell, n.d). The production of the bags results into environmental pollution as chemicals emitted into the atmosphere interfere with the water and rainfall cycles. The manufacture of the bags is also viewed as wastage of natural resources as it depletes the quantities of petroleum that could have been potentially helpful in other areas (Vera, 2010). Animals are also negatively affected as consumption of plastic. Poor disposal results in death and suffocation for aquatic animals. Marine life is affected by plastic bags disposed into the sea, for instance the case spotted at the North of the Arctic Circle as well as the South close to the Falkland Islands (Moorthy, 2010). Studies indicate that plastic bags constitute 10 percent of waste deposited at the U.S coastline. Furthermore, the increased deposit of plastic bags at one location leads to increased...
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...AUSTIN The future is upon us. Store-goers will soon need to re-evaluate their shopping experience, as Austin will be going bagless beginning March 1, 2013. All consumers use plastic or paper bags on a regular basis, whether while retail shopping or grocery shopping. That’s all about to change, however; the passage of this new law means that those paper and plastic bags are on the way out. Single-use bag use will be diminished, re-usable bags are headed to the forefront, and shoppers will be getting used to a new experience when the head to their local grocery early next year. BACKGROUND According to a city report released this year, “Austinities use 263 million plastic bags a year – that’s more than 330 bags a year for every resident. It costs the city – meaning it costs us the taxpayers – about $850,000 a year to dispose of plastic bags.”(Lisheron, 2012) Consumers in Austin have already started to get a taste of what is to come. Companies, such as Walgreens, have implemented a trial test on stores to gauge the impact of the law being passed. Candace White, an avid shopper at the Slaughter and South Congress Walgreens, was quite confused when the cashier thanked her for coming but did not place her products in a plastic bag. The cashier informed her about Austin going bagless and she was given a free recycled bag. Like most Austinities, she was not informed of the new law which is soon to be enforced. This paper will reinforce the reasons why going bagless is good for all involved...
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