https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76 Plastic bag ban is better for the environment and for the animals that die because of plastic bags. en-us 2016-09-08 14:22:50 UTC 2026-03-26 05:43:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bagshop.png civ210 https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122446451 Plastic bags are bad for the environment. They are very harmful to many different animals around the world. The majority of plastic bags are found in oceans, trees, and landfills. According to source #1, "Some communities have banned the bags after they interfered with water infrastructure equipment." Animals are being hurt because of all of the plastic bags. ]]> 2016-09-08 14:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122446451 civ210 https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122452651 Animals are getting wrapped into plastic bags and being covered in them. According to source #1 some animals that eat plastic bags that are littered can choke, starve,  and sometimes die.  Birds are getting trapped in plastic bags and trash that people are leaving around. If people help by cleaning the trash or not leaving it around in the first place it animals would not be harmed.]]> 2016-09-08 14:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122452651 civ210 https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122613261 "About 200 cities and counties in the United states, mostly in California, are covered by ordinances banning or taxing plastic bags." says source #1. Banning bags is good for the environment because of all of the bags flowing around in trees and even ending up in oceans and lakes. Plastic bags take about 500 to 1000 years to decompose.]]> 2016-09-08 23:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122613261 civ210 https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122615687 Although there are over 30,000 locations for plastic bag recycling across the country, most people don't have time to recycle and some probably don't care to recycle. People don't think about the environment when they litter.]]> 2016-09-08 23:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122615687 civ210 https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122619065 More than 9 out of 10 people in america reuse their plastic bags, but when they are done using their bags because they are broken they leave the plastic bags around and not noticing that they are harming many animals.]]> 2016-09-09 00:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122619065 civ210 https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122620396 Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles,whales,and other sea animals,and more than 1 million seabirds die each year from plastic bags in the ocean.]]> 2016-09-09 00:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122620396 civ210 https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122621377 Sea turtles and other marine animals mistake plastic bags for their food(such as jellyfish) and eat them. If we ban plastic bags this would not be happening.]]> 2016-09-09 00:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/civ210/rfql271thb76/wish/122621377