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The Problem With Disposable Shopping Bags

Why are disposable grocery bags such a bad thing for the environment? Over the last several years, you may have heard in the news about problems associated with the usage of paper and plastic grocery bags. But why? Why should you stop using disposables and begin using eco friendly reusable or recycled bags? Before buying into any movement or cause, it is crucial to be aware of precisely how your commitment can produce a positive impact on the environment and our earth. In this artcle, we will go over some key ecological issues and problems associated with disposable shopping bag usage.

The Environmental Literacy Council does a fantastic job of explaining the environmental drawbacks of both plastic and paper disposable bags at EnviroLiteracy.Org. Let’s begin with the environmental impact of manufacturing plastic and paper bags in the first place. Plastic bags are produced using oil, and so the environmental consequences of making them includes everything from extracting the oil, to the separation of products in the refining process, to the plastic manufacturing process, and the energy used up and emissions created to distribute the bags to shopping stores. So the truth of the matter is that the production of plastic bags (as a result of and by our demand as consumers) is a contributive factor to our addiction to oil. Paper bags, are obviously created from trees and contribute to worldwide deforestation and reduction of habitats all over the earth. Moreover, the sum of effort used to fabricate and dispense paper bags and the carbon emissions produced even exceeds that of plastic bags. The truth is that paper and plastic bags are not a healthy product for the environment, especially when you compare it to eco friendly recycled grocery bags.

Obviously, as you may know, one other key issue with disposable bags is the broad pollution and waste issue, particularly associated with plastic bags. Plastic bags have evolved to become the “modern tumbleweed”. Plastic bags appear everywhere and more often than not get into swamps, creeks, rivers, lakes and in the ocean. As I was researching this piece I discovered some shocking data at 5gyres.Org, which teaches people regarding the 5 gyres in our earth’s oceans. Here’s an excerpt: “At sea floating plastics are swept up into slow moving currents. These currents are called ‘gyres’. Our Oceans are dynamic systems…. made up of complex networks of currents… Large systems of these currents, coupled with wind and the earth’s rotation, create ‘gyres’, massive, slow rotating whirlpools in which plastic trash can accumulate.” Out of all these Gyres, the most illustrious is the North Pacific Gyre, also known as the “great pacific garbage patch”, has been studied the most and is a collection of trash and plastic estimated to be roughly the size of Afghanistan.

What so many folks don’t recognize is that there are really 5 gyres scattered throughout our planet’s oceans where rubbish, and mainly plastic is accumulating at a fast rate. One of the scariest parts about all this is that nautical mammals often ingest this waste floating in the sea and suffocate or starve to death as a result. By using reusable green bags, as opposed to disposable bags, our daily human actions add to the resolution instead of the problem.

The environmental predicament our earth finds itself in today requires that we take immediate action. As you can obviously understand, the widespread use of disposable shopping bags adds up to major environmental problems that are not going away any time soon. We need to change our personal habits by reminding ourselves to use reusable eco bags whenever we can possibly do so. By taking a stand and opposing the regular litter problem created by disposable shopping bags, we are manifesting a healthier habitat one decision at a time.

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