Ban plastic bags |
source: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/consumer/caring/article.html?in_article_id=431214&in_page_id=511
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- julesrs007
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These majestic animals are dying in alarming numbers because they mistake the flimsy translucent bags - which could in theory come from British supermarkets - for jellyfish, a key element of their diet.
Once swallowed by the turtle, the tough plastic becomes lodged in its gut, sealing the fate of the sea creature. The plastic is indigestible and wraps around the turtle's insides. Slowly, agonisingly, the animal starves to death.
The endangered Green Turtle provides a potent symbol of the deadly threat to wildlife and the blight on the natural world caused by throwaway plastic bags handed out free in their billions to shoppers.
The oil used to make a plastic bag takes millions of years to form in the Earth - the bag is used for a few minutes and it then lasts in the environment for 1,000 years. Is that a wise use of the material?'
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cantucwearebrothers
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Make the public pay for each bag used. Other countries do it. Some simply do not offer bags, you are required to provide your own.
Cutting into your cash flow will help you to remember your reusable bag.
- 3 years ago
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cantucwearebrothers
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RojoGatto
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yea we could just use the shells of the turtles that are affected by the bags two problems solved
- 3 years ago
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RojoGatto
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tome_erau
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Such conflicting information.
I'm gonna stick with the plastic bags. Mainly because I'm to lazy to remember reusable ones.
- 3 years ago
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tome_erau
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idealist
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hemp plastic is possible and its hemp so comon!
- 3 years ago
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idealist
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numinant
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I don't understand why we don't simply mandate that all bags be made of bioplastics. They already exist, work just as well as regular plastic, and biodegrade. But oh, democratic mandates=socialism.
- 3 years ago
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numinant
