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This article was published on December 20, 2017 and has not been revised. This article is telling you some things to stop doing to help out enviornment. This article is written by WaterDocs Ecologos. There is no spelling errors and this is to inform and persuade the reader to stop using single-use plastic.

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Canadians send more than nine million tonnesof trash to landfill every year and an estimated 35 per cent of that wasteis generated from packaging for food and consumer goods. And, of course, not all of that waste is properly disposed of - scientists have long been sounding the alarm that plastics and other debris are choking our oceans and waterways. It's estimated that over 100,000 marine mammals and over 1 million sea birds die by plastic every year. One recent study found plastic inside every single whale, dolphin and seal examined. And we've all by now heard the horrifying prediction that by the year 2050, there will be more plastic floating around in the ocean than fish.

Quitting our culture's addiction to plastic may seem like a near impossibility - but some single-use plastics are easier to avoid than others. Take #ActionForWater by keeping plastic out of our waterways with these 10 simple single-use plastic swaps:

1) Plastic Straws

Plastic straws made the top 10 listof items picked up during beach cleanups and it's not difficult to see why. In the US alone, people go through enough of these useless plastic sticksto circle the globe 2.5 times - A DAY. In Canada, the estimate is 57 million straws a day and most of our major cities do not accept them in municipal recycling.

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10 Single-Use Plastics you can Quit Right Now (and What to use Instead) - Water Docs

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Quitting our culture's plastic addiction may seem just about impossible, but there are some items that are easier to refuse and replace with a reusable alternative than others. Here's our list of 10 plastic items you can quite right now.

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This picture was created on March 13,2019. It has not been revise. This picture shows that in a few years sea creatures could be extinct and then we can be in danger. It was created by cartoon artist Schley, Karsten. There is no spelling errors and it is persuading the reader to stop throwing plastic and trash in our oceans.

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This picture was created on May 20, 2019. It has not been revised. This picture shows that people should stop using single-use plastic. It was created by cartoonist Lynch, Mark. There is no spelling errors and it is persuading the reader to stop using single-use plastic.

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This article was published on August 16, 2018. This article has not been revised. The article is telling you why straws and bags should not be banned. Because with out them they will hurt us more negatively than positive. This article was written by Mathy Stanislaus. There is no spelling errors and this article is to inform and persuade you to not ban plastic straws and bags.

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It seems to be the summer of plastic bans. Starbucks, Hyatt, the city of Seattle and others have all committed to phase out plastic straws. Stafford Township in New Jersey passed a plastic bag ban just last month, joining dozens of other American cities and states imposing taxes or bans on single-use plastics.

But is this a good thing?

Not if that's all we do.

The Case for Banning Plastic

Use of single-use plastics (think wrappers, straws and bags) has skyrocketed over the last few decades. But as I explained recently, our ability to recycle these plastics at scale remains poor. Globally, 8 million metric tons of plastic trash leak into our natural spaces each year, harming wildlife, mucking up the ocean and jeopardizing people's livelihoods.

So it's understandable why bans are becoming popular. The beaches of New Jersey, for example, bring in billions of tourism dollars each year, creating jobs and funding local municipal needs. These sprawling, sandy spaces and the busy boardwalks that line them are an important part of local life. There are clear personal and economic incentives to keep these beaches clean, which make plastic bans politically palatable despite the inconvenience.

Monmouth County, New Jersey, which earned nearly $2.5 billion in tourism revenue in 2016, adopted what Clean Ocean Action called the most comprehensive plastic ban in the United States. The law was passed in May 2018, just before the start of beach season, and prohibits local businesses from distributing plastic bags, straws and Styrofoam containers. Local coverage of the ban indicates that it was well-received by residents and business owners. Monmouth Beach Mayor Sue Howard explained that, "If you live on the Shore, and you walk on the beach, and you see plastic straws and Styrofoam containers, you know what the damage is."

Where Plastic Bans Fall Short

It's encouraging that local governments are focusing on passing laws to fight plastic litter. Unfortunately, while these laws may reduce the most visible form of plastic pollution, it could be at the expense of other environmental impacts. That's because, somewhat ironically, disposable plastic bags require fewer resources (land, water, CO ₂ emissions, etc.) to produce than paper, cotton or reusable plastic bags-by a wide margin.

For example, Denmark's Ministry of Environment and Food found that you would need to reuse a paper bag at least 43 times for its per-use environmental impacts to be equal to or less than that of a typical disposable plastic bag used one time. An organic cotton bag must be reused 20,000 times to produce less of an environmental impact than a single-use plastic bag. That would be like using a cotton bag every day for nearly 55 years. (Note that these figures aggregate the bags' impact on water use, CO ₂ emissions, land use and more, but they do not include their impact on plastic pollution.)

Banning plastic straws is also increasingly popular. Starbucks recently announced that it would phase out use of plastic straws by the year 2020. Straws don't provide as much utility as bags, so for many this is an easy adjustment.

But these bans leave the impression that they solve the plastics pollution problem without much discussion of  systematic  solutions. As a society, we should think holistically about the products we use and their impacts. We can't just ban bad products-we must invest in alternatives.

How Consumers, Governments and Businesses Can Beat Plastic Pollution

That same Danish study suggests that the most eco-friendly bag option for consumers is polyester, reused at least 35 times. This keeps plastic pollution out of our natural spaces and reduces the per-use environmental impacts of the bag to the lowest-possible levels. However, it will take a lot more than reusable bags to solve the plastics pollution problem. Right now, only about 9 percent of plastics are recycled globally.

As of January 1, China refused to import most recyclable materials from the United States and other developed countries, claiming the materials exceeded acceptable contamination levels. This has backed up the flow of disposed paper and plastic, causing serious problems for local waste management companies. However, there may be an ironic upside to China's decision. For too long, the easy option of shipping excess recyclables to China has resulted in underinvestment in in optimizing plastics, maximizing their recovery and reducing waste.

Governments at the state and federal levels need to team up with private industry to address more systemic issues. We need to invest in redesigning plastics so that they can be readily broken down into their molecular units and remanufactured into new plastics of the same quality, the essence of a closed loop system. We need better recycling technology that can address the major obstacle of recycling plastics: about 25 percent of plastics collected are contaminated and therefore unusable. We need to reinvest government budgets in the infrastructure and associated policies needed for these systemic solutions. Once these technologies are deployed at a large scale, we can start recapturing the economic value of plastics, incentivizing their recovery and recycling, while minimizing plastic pollution and overconsumption of natural resources.

We need a wider array of smart public policies, a recycling infrastructure that's right-sized for the problem, better recycling technology and new business models. Banning single-use plastic bags and straws without significant further action is putting a finger on a spigot at a time when we need to suppress the tidal wave.

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Banning Straws and Bags Won't Solve our Plastic Problem

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It seems to be the summer of plastic bans. Starbucks, Hyatt, the city of Seattle and others have all committed to phase out plastic straws. Stafford Township in New Jersey passed a plastic bag ban just last month, joining dozens of other American cities and states imposing taxes or bans on single-use plastics.

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This picture was orignially created on August 8, 2018. It has not been revised. This picture shows that straws are bad for the enviornment and also shows that trash is bad for it as well. It was created by Schley Karsten a cartoon artist. There is no spelling errors and it is informing and persuading the reader to not use plastic straws or litter.

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This video was aired on September 4, 2019. This video has not been revised. This video is very good for showing facts on both sides of the arguement. This video was made by Above the Noise youtube channel. There is no spelling errors, and this article is to inform you on both sides of the arguements.

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Would Banning Plastic Bottles Help or Hurt the Planet?

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This picture was originally created on July 14, 2018 and his not been revised. This picture shows that plastic straws should be banned. It was created by Rob Rogeg a cartoon artist. There is no spelling errors and it is informing and persuading you to ban plastic straws.

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This video was aired on October 6, 2017. It has not been revised. This video tells you about why plastic straws should be banned. This video is made by Molly Steer. There is no grammatical errors, and the video is to persuade and inform us on why plastic straws should be banned.

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Straw No More | Molly Steer | TEDxJCUCairns

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This article was published on August 5, 2019. This article has not been revised. This article shows how if banning plastic bags it will hurt more negitively than postitive. This article was written by Stephen L. Carter. Ther is no spelling errors and this article is to inform and pesuade the reader on why we shoudn't ban single-use plastic.

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The picture was originally created on December 9, 2019. The picture shows that we should stop using plastic because we are harming other speicies. It was created by the political cartoonist, Mark Lynch. There is no grammatical errors and it is trying to persuade and inform people that we should stop useing plastic.

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This article was published on October 16, 2019. It has not been revised. This article shows how harmful plastic can be to our environment. This article is written by Environmental  Law Institute. There is no spelling or grammer errors, and the article is to inform use about how bad plastic is for our environment.

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Millions of tons of plastic enter the environment every year, killing wildlife, releasing toxins, clogging drains, and marring landscapes. Bans or restrictions on single-use plastics-most commonly bags and straws-have exploded in popularity recent years as a means of addressing these problems. Over 125 nations and 240 U.S. cities and counties have banned or taxed plastic bags, several cities have banned or otherwise restricted the use of plastic straws, and several private companies, including Starbucks, have also taken steps to reduce their straw usage in response to widespread consumer pressure.

Yet, these bans remain controversial. Some businesses have pushed back against what they consider excessive regulation. Those in opposition have noted that some populations, including those with disabilities, may require the use of a plastic straw, and that taxes on plastic bags may constitute a regressive tax. Even the environmental benefits are far from certain: when plastic shopping bags are banned, use of other bags that are potentially worse for the environment -including thicker plastic bags using more plastic, or paper bags, with a larger carbon footprint - increases. Others maintain that banning single-use plastics uses valuable political capital that could instead be spent advancing more urgent and system agendas like transitioning to a low-carbon economy.

Our panelists explored the benefits and challenges of an increasingly popular, and increasingly contentious, approach to the problem of plastic pollution.

Panelists:
Lillian Power, Environmental Protection Specialist, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE), Moderator Catherine Plume, Principal, BlueGreen Plume, LLC and Managing Director, (r)evolve
Matt Seaholm, Executive Director, American Progressive Bag AllianceJean-Cyril Walker, Partner, Keller and Heckman LLP

ELI members will have access to materials/a recording of this session (usually posted w/in 48 hours). If you are not an ELI member but would like to have access to archived sessions like this one, go HERE to see the many benefits of membership and how to join.

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Millions of tons of plastic enter the environment every year, killing wildlife, releasing toxins, clogging drains, and marring landscapes. Bans or restrictions on single-use plastics-most commonly bags and straws-have exploded in popularity recent years as a means of addressing these problems. Over 125 nations and 240 U.S.

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The article was published on Feburary 11, 2020. It has not been revised. The article shows how much plastic is in our oceans and why we shoud help stop it. This article is written by Sarah King. There is no spelling or grammer errors, and the article is to persuade and inform us about how harmful single-use plastic can be.

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Opinion | The Big Debate: Should single-use plastics be banned?

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Plastic bans are increasing around the world, a necessary step to save our environment, writes Sarah King of Greenpeace Canada. Angela Logomasini of the Competitive Enterprise Institute argues that, although well meaning, such bans create more problem than they solve.