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NO to plastic bags
In many countries, not only recycle plastic bags, but also try to reduce their use. In the European Union of 16 April 2014 adopted the Directive to reduce the number of plastic bags by 50% by 2017 and by 80% by 2019. In many cities to reduce the consumption of packets introduce additional taxes, and, for example, in Los Angeles and San Francisco introduced a ban on their sale.And here are the 6 six reasons why you should at least for one day refuse to buy the regular plastic bags.
1. The average life expectancy of a "one-off" package – 20 minutes, and decomposition – 400 years. Probably, it can decompose and last longer because the plastic was created not so long ago, and mankind can only speculate about the life of this invention.
2. Plastic packaging and plastic bags, in particular, caused the death of animals. Particularly widespread death of marine life. According to recent reports, the year killed about one million sea birds and about 100 thousand other animals. Plastic we kill those who usually are touched: whales, dolphins, turtles, and seals.
3. The amount of plastic waste increases every year, due to the fact that it becomes more and more plastic packaging. Only in the last five years it has increased by 25 %. With the population growth will increase the amount of packaging.
4. Persistent organic pollutants (POPS) are able to "attach" to the plastic fragments. With the smallest pieces of plastic they enter the body of animals, killing them and spreading further along the food chain.
5. So-called biodegradable bags will not save the world. Most often, they only disintegrate into smaller pieces of plastic that are hundreds of years to decompose and have the same properties.
6. The true cost of the package is its price. Plastic packages made from oil production which is often accompanied by catastrophic spills, and harmful to all living things. Thousands of people in Russia have suffered from oil. Now Russia's Gazprom and Rosneft are taking an extremely dangerous project on oil production in the Arctic.
By the way, we should not forget that during oil refining, the production of plastic, the color, etc. generated a huge amount of dangerous substances, toxic air, water and soil.
Source: greenhunter.ru/item?id=4286
1. The average life expectancy of a "one-off" package – 20 minutes, and decomposition – 400 years. Probably, it can decompose and last longer because the plastic was created not so long ago, and mankind can only speculate about the life of this invention.
2. Plastic packaging and plastic bags, in particular, caused the death of animals. Particularly widespread death of marine life. According to recent reports, the year killed about one million sea birds and about 100 thousand other animals. Plastic we kill those who usually are touched: whales, dolphins, turtles, and seals.
3. The amount of plastic waste increases every year, due to the fact that it becomes more and more plastic packaging. Only in the last five years it has increased by 25 %. With the population growth will increase the amount of packaging.
4. Persistent organic pollutants (POPS) are able to "attach" to the plastic fragments. With the smallest pieces of plastic they enter the body of animals, killing them and spreading further along the food chain.
5. So-called biodegradable bags will not save the world. Most often, they only disintegrate into smaller pieces of plastic that are hundreds of years to decompose and have the same properties.
6. The true cost of the package is its price. Plastic packages made from oil production which is often accompanied by catastrophic spills, and harmful to all living things. Thousands of people in Russia have suffered from oil. Now Russia's Gazprom and Rosneft are taking an extremely dangerous project on oil production in the Arctic.
By the way, we should not forget that during oil refining, the production of plastic, the color, etc. generated a huge amount of dangerous substances, toxic air, water and soil.
Source: greenhunter.ru/item?id=4286
