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All the animals will be sad

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what is this fore

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Everyone KEEPS LITTERING know what happens to that litter it goes in lakes and kills Duck

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fat chickens that are hormoned

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People are either killing or endangering animals. They kill the big ones and caging the small ones. NOOOOO!

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TAYLOR
SAD TURTLES

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this sticky note was an accident

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rubbish is killing the animals

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that use much fuel

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making animals into cloths

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Like I said yesterday, we can all live without technology. Just think of how they lived in 1885 (example). Or maybe back with caveman

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what are we doing to our beautiful water ways

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Turtles are dying and it is you fault

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pollution

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cutting down trees

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Why are we littering. The tiniest things we do could DESTROY OUR WORLD. We only have one earth.

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smoking

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animals that are becoming extinct because of deforestation

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smoking

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our nuclear and fossil fuel plants are going to destroy the atmosphere and we'll be sucked into space and die

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I see this all the time people walking around leaving RUBBISH it disgust me

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It is ABSOLUTLEY HORRIBLE when someone kills animals because they feel like it.

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we should also stop animal testing and making them into cloths

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Why do people pollute the oceans?

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Taylor

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Why did we invent guns all they do is hurt animals and People we noticed that but America did not

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smokeing

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plastic bags are killing animals

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Another thing that is bad is when there are wars and it destroys the environment.

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Plastic Bags

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plastic bags

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people are kill animals for food

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polution

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the radiation let out from nuclear impacts can make the  environment very sick. here is a picture of an impact below

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littering in the sea is destroying the water life

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another thing that is bad for the earth is smoking

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All the trees are being cut own

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our fossil fuels are making birds die because of air pollution

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It seems to be a common misconception that degradable or biodegradable bags are a suitable alternative to plastic bags, but they're great in theory and environmentally destructive in reality. Recently, a Senate inquiry into the threat of marine plastic pollution in Australia found that the degradable bag option is equally as bad for the environment as regular plastic bags.

The report based on the Senate findings stated that;

"WHILE CONSUMERS MIGHT FEEL THEY ARE 'DOING THE RIGHT THING' BY CHOOSING BIODEGRADABLE OR DEGRADABLE PLASTIC, THESE PRODUCTS SIMPLY DISINTEGRATE INTO SMALLER AND SMALLER PIECES TO BECOME MICROPLASTIC."

The inquiry also found that there is some serious confusion amongst the community surrounding the difference between bag types. It can be difficult to navigate the minefield of planet-friendly options, so here's our handy guide to help you separate what's truly eco from what to veto.

Traditional plastic bags

How are traditional plastic bags detrimental to our environment? Let me count the ways. Single-use plastic bags have an average lifespan of 12 minutes, and worldwide we are using 2 million of these every sixty seconds.

Polyethene bags are made from a non-renewable resource and are incredibly harmful to the marine environment as they never biodegrade. Instead, they will simply break into smaller and smaller pieces over hundreds of years, inflicting untold amounts of damage to natural ecosystems.
Image: Troy Mayne
Biodegradable plastic bags

To put it simply, something is biodegradable when living things, like fungi or bacteria, can break it down. Biodegradable bags are made from plant-based materials like corn and wheat starch rather than petroleum. However, when it comes to this kind of plastic, there are certain conditions required for the bag to begin to biodegrade.

Firstly, temperatures need to reach 50 degrees Celsius. Secondly, the bag needs to be exposed to UV light. In an oceanic environment, you'd be hard-pressed to meet either of these criteria. Plus, if biodegradable bags are sent to landfill, they break down without oxygen to produce methane, a greenhouse gas with a warming capacity 21 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

Degradable or 'oxo-degradable' plastic bags

Degradable items don't have living organisms as a crucial part of the breakdown process. Degradable bags cannot be classed as biodegradable or compostable. Instead, chemical additives used in the plastic allow the bag to break down quicker than a standard plastic bag usually would.

Essentially bags touted as 'degradable' are definitely not beneficial, and can even be worse for the environment! Degradable bags that disintegrate just become tinier and tinier pieces of microplastic quicker, and still pose serious threats to marine life. Microplastics enter the food chain lower down, getting eaten by smaller species and then continuing to make their way up the food chain as these smaller species are consumed.

Professor Tony Underwood from the University of Sydney described degradable plastic bags as "not a solution to anything much unless we are quite happy to shift it all into particle-sized plastics rather than plastic bag-sized plastic."

"NOT A SOLUTION TO ANYTHING MUCH, UNLESS WE ARE QUITE HAPPY TO SHIFT IT ALL INTO PARTICLE-SIZED PLASTICS RATHER THAN PLASTIC BAG-SIZED PLASTIC."

- PROFESSOR TONY UNDERWOOD ON DEGRADABLE BAGS

Compostable plastic bags

The word 'compostable' is incredibly misleading for the average consumer. You'd think a bag labeled 'compostable' would mean you could throw it in your backyard compost alongside your fruit and veggie scraps, right? Wrong. Compostable bags biodegrade, but only under certain conditions.

Compostable bags need to be composted in a specific composting facility, of which there are very few of in Australia. Compostable bags are generally made from plant material that returns to base organic components when processed by these facilities, but the problem lies in the fact there are thus far only 150 of these facilities Australia wide.

Can I recycle plastic bags?

Plastic bags, biodegradable, degradable and compostable bags cannot be placed in your standard recycling bin at home. They can severely interfere with the recycling process if they are.

However, your local supermarket may offer plastic bag recycling. Some supermarkets can also recycle 'green bags' that are torn or no longer used. Find your nearest location here.

Which is the best bag to use?

BYO bag is the best option. The labeling on plastic bags can be confusing and misleading, so bringing your own bag along will avoid disposing of a plastic bag incorrectly.

Invest in a sturdy canvas bag, or a small cotton bag that you can throw in your handbag and use when you get some last minute groceries.

We need to transition from relying on items of convenience, and instead focus on small actions that show care for the world we live in. Ditching single-use plastic bags of all kinds is the first step.
This article was originally written for 1 Million Women.

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It seems to be a common misconception that degradable or biodegradable bags are a suitable alternative to plastic bags, but they're great in theory and environmentally destructive in reality. Recently, a Senate inquiry into the threat of marine plastic pollution in Australia found that the degradable bag option is equally as bad for the environment as regular plastic bags.

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people are cut in down trees

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litter

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people should stop littering because it is bad for the air and other things

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people are killing t

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animal testing

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I AM THE BE

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Animals are dying because of people cutting down trees

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My biggest concern is all the animal cruel

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the pollution being let out in to the air from power plants is causing global warming in our atmosphere.
this is a picture of it

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animals losing their habitats because of deforestation

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our nuclear waste is making turtles
die and become mutant teenage ninga

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shooting  wild life cause the die...

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Littering is killing TURTLE

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The Worst thing Humans are doing is Hunting Rabbit season is killing living things but the worst of all Duck season THERE

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The trees have been cut down and reducing our oxygen.

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Animals are dying because of littering

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we should so hunting or poaching because animals have lives to.

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It is disgusting how people smoke cigarettes and pollute the environment. Especially when they smoke in the forest.

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An environmental issue is cutting trees down, animal testing and rubbish

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dumping trash in the water is bad for the fish

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i want miss klicki

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Rubbish is killing wildlife.

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the air that are polluted is bad for plants.

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in major cities, the pollution causes acid rain

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People cutting down all the trees, we will not have any oxy

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polution

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People are littering and not caring that they are making the environment worse.

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people are cutting down more and more trees

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littering

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All the gases that are around are making people sick

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Pollution

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the pollution from power plants is getting in to our oxygen, giving us unfresh air

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the litter is so bad it is hurting or killing animals

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nuclear power plants and fossil fuels and farts (see my earlier post)

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to much litter

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rubbish and toxic gases

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the pollution in our world is causing diarrhea

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littiring

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WATER AND POLLUTION

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pollution

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food wast and hunger

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the amount of trees we are cuting down

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All the people that are littering