Green | October 14, 2008 | 26 comments

Plastic bags banned around the globe to save the earth

source: http://www.socyberty.com/Activism/Plastic-Bags-Banned-Around-the-Globe-to-Save-the-Earth.296789

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Many countries and states have joined in the effort to ban plastic shopping bags, and you can do the same by stopping the use of plastic and styrofoam products.

A recent photo of a turtle carrying a plastic bag in its mouth hit the internet, and has me thinking about my own usage of these grocery bags. For years, plastic bags offer an easy way to handles, durable in transit, and reusable for other things.

However, since plastic bags take longer to biodegrade, many states have banned the use of plastic bags to save our earth. Take a look at these photos below, and change your mind about using them.

These photos are from: Plastic Pollution Destroys Marine Wildlife, and you can read more on this article. We don't have to wait for our State to ban the use of plastic bag. We can take the change within ourselves.

San Francisco is the first city in the U.S. to ban common plastic shopping bags. Since the banned of hard-to-recycle plastic, the city is estimated around five million fewer plastic bags every month! Some experts believe that bags are the bigger sources of pollution in the city also.

A bill is coming up for a vote to ban plastic bags by the year 2010 in Los Angeles, with a string that the State is not going to impose a quarter fee on customers requesting plastic bags. However, the City Council had ban Styrofoam at all city owned facilities. Plastic bags and Styrofoam are a big environmental hazard in Los Angeles.

Following San Francisco and Los Angeles, Connecticut had joined in the effort of banning the use of free plastic shopping bags. Westport's new rule is setting a fine at $150 for any store that offers plastic bags within its borders, and will go into effect early next year.

Beginning in January of 2009, all Styrofoam products will be banned in Seattle. Then by 2010, all plastic would be banned, allow only biodegradable products. A fee of 20-cent per bag will be imposed at all supermarkets, drugstores, and convenience stores.

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