As the world continues to face environmental problems caused by human actions, this realization makes people desperate for solutions because they want to secure a future in this planet. One of the most discussed environmental problems is human-induced pollution, including the release of chemicals and pesticides into the water, and the excessive use of plastic products such as plastic bags. Lately, plastic bags have made headlines because they are responsible for the deaths of many marine animals who have mistaken them for food. Some communities have considered or have already decided to limit or discourage the use of plastic bags for a few reasons. These reasons are: plastic bags are made from nonrenewable sources, plastic bags are not biodegradable,
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However, amazing contributions can result from this tax. “Aspen Plastic Bag Ban Has Collected over $44k in Just Over A Year” by Andrea Rael exemplifies the effectiveness by sampling the effects of the tax in a Colorado Mountain town. Rael states that “The remainder of the money goes to a city-administered fund, which is used to pay for outreach, implementation and a waste reduction program which supplies free reusable bags at Aspen’s airport, car rental facilities, hotels and the city’s Department of Environmental Health.” This is the example of inspiration towards the use of other reusable bags discussed in the previous paragraph. This town in Colorado has raised the fees to give back to the environment and to promote the cause in larger and populated visited areas. It is also stated that “The Mountain States Legal Foundation has a pending lawsuit against Aspen’s bag ban.” However, taxes are necessary to force people to pay because the financial disincentive, although small, is likely to change behavior. Likewise, the same is done to support public education. However, no one really refutes that tax because they know the value of education. Therefore, we should teach the value of the …show more content…
In “Are Plastic Bags Really Necessary?” the following is stated “Education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary. If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on a planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.” The previous statement states education is the key to solving the problem and that is accurate. Education was viewed as the key to create a well-working civilized society and it should be the key to help those people in these societies to realize the importance of their environments. The human race does not exemplify utopian acts and its their own job to realize how to correct these acts. The promotion of education will bring the realization to the people and the plastic bag tax limit will be understandable. In fact, the money collected from the plastic bag tax can be used to fund advertisements that can encourage people to limit their use of plastic bags. The advertisements can provide a constant reminder to the people and they can even show images of areas polluted with plastic bags to increase
However, amazing contributions can result from this tax. “Aspen Plastic Bag Ban Has Collected over $44k in Just Over A Year” by Andrea Rael exemplifies the effectiveness by sampling the effects of the tax in a Colorado Mountain town. Rael states that “The remainder of the money goes to a city-administered fund, which is used to pay for outreach, implementation and a waste reduction program which supplies free reusable bags at Aspen’s airport, car rental facilities, hotels and the city’s Department of Environmental Health.” This is the example of inspiration towards the use of other reusable bags discussed in the previous paragraph. This town in Colorado has raised the fees to give back to the environment and to promote the cause in larger and populated visited areas. It is also stated that “The Mountain States Legal Foundation has a pending lawsuit against Aspen’s bag ban.” However, taxes are necessary to force people to pay because the financial disincentive, although small, is likely to change behavior. Likewise, the same is done to support public education. However, no one really refutes that tax because they know the value of education. Therefore, we should teach the value of the …show more content…
In “Are Plastic Bags Really Necessary?” the following is stated “Education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary. If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on a planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.” The previous statement states education is the key to solving the problem and that is accurate. Education was viewed as the key to create a well-working civilized society and it should be the key to help those people in these societies to realize the importance of their environments. The human race does not exemplify utopian acts and its their own job to realize how to correct these acts. The promotion of education will bring the realization to the people and the plastic bag tax limit will be understandable. In fact, the money collected from the plastic bag tax can be used to fund advertisements that can encourage people to limit their use of plastic bags. The advertisements can provide a constant reminder to the people and they can even show images of areas polluted with plastic bags to increase