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Plastic Bag Ban and Environmental Impact

   

Added on  2020-03-16

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POLYTHENE BAGS BAN 2 1POLYTHENE BAGS BANCourseProfessorInstitutionDate
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POLYTHENE BAGS BAN 2 2Executive summaryA plastic bag is a form of the container produced from a polythene non-woven material.These bags are adopted for purpose of channeling products and services for instance foods, powders magazines, and chemicals. Although the product is useful in transporting and containing items it impacts the environment negatively, this is because plastic bags are non-biodegradable in that they can be recycled or they don't decompose. The different types of plasticpockets include high-density polythene pockets and low-density polythene pockets The aim of this paper will be to address the strategies to be acquired to get rid of or halt the use of the product and SAY NO to use of plastic bags in Australia Haoran(2010).Problem statementThe plastic bags pose many threats to the ecosystem which jeopardize human life and also give a bad impression of the environment, the excerpt is to identify the impact the polythenebags has on marine life which is major problem another problem is landfilling space, whereby the plastic bags because of their non-biodegradability makes it difficult in decomposing the materials. The expert also intends to solve the problem of greenhouse effect since when coal, oil,and gas are used they emit life-threatening greenhouse accelerators, on the other hand, the plasticpockets result in filling the land which is also a significant generator pf greenhouse accelerators. Lastly, plastic bags contribute much in cleaning up the filthiness, so governments incur many costs as they channel a lot of resources into the cleaning up programFehily (2009).Change is irresistible when a new dawn came every mechanism used to fight the ban was uselessand the ‘baby’ was set for birth. Different classes of people hovered with their interest glaring
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POLYTHENE BAGS BAN 2 3however change was due and ban had to be effected. Following more closely to the ban the council issued directives to the staff with their steadfast dictate on the process execution. Important to note is that the ban didi not allow space for adoption but it was actualized as soon asit was proposed.ObjectivesHelp give the public, information that is up to date about issues on the anti-plastic.Another objective is that it helps recycle, reduce and reuse so as to achieve a zero waste policy.Helps educate the public about the effects of the plastic bags on the environment, how the plasticbags destroy the natural resources, the high cost incurred in the future so as to clean up the litter.It is overly broad referring to utilities. It should be incorporated as the elimination of impacts inrelation to use of plastic carry out bags as environmental pollution, biological resources,terrestrial environment, water quality, marine, and aesthetics. In addition, the objective is variedsince it supports past environmental impacts of the use of bags. It is considered as an objectivewith no negative documented environmental impact in relation to use of plastic bags, thus a notvalid objective. The other objective aims at promoting a shift regarding the use of reusable carryout bags used by retail customers. In an ordained proposal, the consumer has three choices; areuse able bag, recyclable paper bag or no bag at all. Finally, decreasing litter and environmentpollutants to prevent water systems, aesthetics, and terrestrial environment. This entails thesummary of other objectivesJalil (2013).Credibility of the campaign
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