SIMPLE THINGS TO DO TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT

SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT BY USING PAPER BAGS
Re-published 02/12/2011

(Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged environment, environmental tips, stop pollution)

If you want to know more about the monstrosity of plastic bags, you have to delve to the very root…

Based on reliable sources:
(experts/scientists/researchers)

Plastics are petroleum products. They come from polymers by virtue of ‘biogeochemical’ manipulation. One thing that plastic bags and paper bags have in common is that they are both recyclable. In recycling plastic bags, they are melted and reformed. Re-melting is the process that sterilizes the plastic. After this process, plastic can be used to create hospital products.

It can be recycled several times until unfit or brittle. The disadvantage, however, is that in the process of recycling, dioxins are given off. These dioxins destroy you and your environment. This is the reason why plastic bags are considered monsters – ogres that destroy the people’s environment and health.

Another drawback in connection to plastic bags is that they do not compost. There is no such thing as biodegradable plastic. That phrase is merely made to deceive. Plastic products stay in the landfill for centuries. Don’t be amazed when you see your plastic wares in your landfill still whole and strong. Bear in mind that they don’t break down.

Perhaps, you should start worrying about the 450 trillion of plastic bags that business is providing. Where do they go? Well, hanging around or under. Just imagine fast forwarding a few years. Whoa! We can be buried in plastic bags. That’s terrible!

Do you believe that it is high time to think about your children’s children? Do you think it is high time for you to consider reusing bags or opt for paper bags, which are biodegradable? When it comes to strength, paper bags are now vastly improved compared to the older version. Nowadays, paper bags are tough and cannot be easily torn.

When it comes to durability, paper bags already have the ability to be reused over and over again. In fact, they can even withstand snow exposure without damaging them.

When it comes to capacity, you may not know this but paper bags can hold four times the content of plastic bags. Hence, a paper bag can save you from carrying multiple plastic bags simultaneously.

Both paper bags and plastic bags destroy natural resources and ecosystem. Both contribute to green house gasses. However, plastic bags are more hazardous. When recycling or incinerating plastic, dioxins are produced and sent off to air. These dioxins are the ones responsible for ruining the ecosystem and the environment in general. Only one to three percent of all plastic bags are recycled. The rest are found in the streams, floating on the sea and flying around the streets.

The best solution is the use of reusable paper bags. Paper bags do not pollute the environment the way plastic bags do. They are also biodegradable. Paper bags compost and become fertilizer or material for brick thus, eventually become useful.

In time, paper bags have improved a lot. Materials are better, designs more diversified, shapes more experimental, quality more advance and recycling process more environment-friendly.

Reusable paper bags are the best alternative to save your ailing environment as well as your poor health conditions. When will you take part in this cause? When it is already too late to react? Or when the world is already a big mess?

Researched & published by:
Victor Bañaga Valido
Dumaguete City

Note: There was a proposal last year (2009) from the City Council of Dumaguete City to use paper bags in our City Public Market. I have no update if it was filed as a resolution in the City Legislative Council.