Montgomery county should ban plastic bag and put the tax on biodegradable bags by PETO https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v Made with fortitude en-us 2018-11-13 15:37:11 UTC 2018-11-30 17:29:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Evidence 1 1284681 https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/303813744 At a discussion called kicking the plastic bag addiction held in New York  April 20,2018.Represent tactics from nations around the world the world proved the laws addressing plastic  bag pollution really do work reducing the over all consumption and preventing millions of plastic bags from ending up in the environment of land fills.That meansto me that daning plastic bags really works and could probally work for other placse and could be the solltiion to the problem]]> 2018-11-13 15:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/303813744 Evidence 1 1411251 https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/303813770 In a article it says bag clean has been decreased by 72% in D.C and Montgomery county M.D. This shows that people have been using plastic bags even lesser and that means that Montgomery county doesn't have to worry about plastic bag tax. When it gets banned than it will decrease 100%.]]> 2018-11-13 15:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/303813770 Evidence1 426150 https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/303814751 Plastic bags effect the envirement by In a article 3 harmful effects of plastic bags it says that if plastic bags get burned they can infuse the air with toxic fumes. This evidence tells us we should ban plastic bags because it could kill animals and make the air we breath toxic and kill anything that breaths the toxic fumes]]> 2018-11-13 15:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/303814751 Evidence 2 426150 https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/303814910 100,00 animals die each year because they mistake plastic bags as food. This is a problem because animals could get extinct and animals that we need to eat might all die by eating plastic bags and makes it harder for people to find food to eat]]> 2018-11-13 15:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/303814910 Evidence 2 426150 https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/303815112 IData from volunteer stream cleanups in DC have shown a 72 percent decrease in the number of bags removed from streams, parks, and other cleanup sites since the laws took effect. Montgomery County reductions are similar. These reductions haven’t emerged in any other jurisdiction in the region, so it’s likely the bag laws have created this effect.]]> 2018-11-13 15:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/303815112 If you should prefer to use a straw there are greater alternatives such as steel ,bamboo, and grass straws that you can carry with you and use them time again.That means to me that their are other ways you can reduce plastic bags from ending up in the water and using reversible could actually work 1284681 https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/304407810 2018-11-14 16:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1411251/v8v8exf8s30v/wish/304407810