https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags The plastic bags are being replaced by multi-use bags. en-us 2016-09-08 14:25:25 UTC 2023-07-08 12:01:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/129764188/97d61eac73d79d4a0b53073a86d8a987/download.jpg zwf210 https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/122449119 Plastic bags are nothing but trouble, people are leaving them all over the place.  According to source #1, "a vast majority of lightweight plastic bags end in landfills or set adrift in the environment." This means that these bags are causing anything but good to the world. Using multi-use bags could be a great way to start cleaning things up]]> 2016-09-08 14:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/122449119 zwf210 https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/122453174 Those who are against the ban say that these bags are 100% recyclable and reusable. However, this is not the case. It takes 500 to 1,000 years for these plastic bags to degrade from the landfills they consume.]]> 2016-09-08 14:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/122453174 zwf210 https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/122737171 In oceans, plastic bags that we use are causing even more trouble than on land! According to a study in 2001 by the EPA states, "animals that eat plastic, can starve, choke or be otherwise injured!"  The Environment Programme report that was leased in 2009 also states, "The bags accounted for about 8.5 percent of trash in the Mediterranean Sea."  And we can only blame ourselves for these negative impacts to the enironment!]]> 2016-09-09 13:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/122737171 zwf210 https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/122741838 "There are over 30,000 locations for recycling plastic bags across the country."  If this were the case, why are 6.8 percent of sea turtles cited found to have eaten plastic bags?]]> 2016-09-09 14:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/122741838 zwf210 https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/122756047 Moving back to land, these bags are just as bad as in the sea! According to source #3, there are criticisms about the bags because they are hanging in trees. This can cause animals who live in these tree to get tangled and sufficate do to the bags closing around them]]> 2016-09-09 14:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/122756047 zwf210 https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/123132263 Plastic bags in landfills don't decay like other trash, it takes years for these ]]> 2016-09-12 14:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/123132263 zwf210 https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/123133766 In oceans, bags can be mistaken as food by the animals. Take this sea turtle, for example, they eat jellyfish. These bags can be easily ]]> 2016-09-12 14:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zwf210/ban_the_bags/wish/123133766