According to the Earth Institute, each year, one trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide.Plastic bags are harming the ocean. There should be a fee on plastic bags. Polluting is happening everywhere the reason this is happening because people are careless and sometimes bags slip away and the bags just fly away and go up in streets.The birds are also mistaken the plastic for food and giving it to their babies.Their should be a fee on plastic because the plastic is polluting the oceans and the plastic is killing birds the plastic bags also use a lot of oil.
Their should be a fee on plastic bags all the plastic people use and throw out affects us because the plastic harms the street and the ocean in CNN student new it says ¨They mistake the …show more content…
The animals in the ocean that we eat get infected with the plastic because the plastic contains chemicals that can harm us.Plastic can kill many animals in the ocean and can contaminate the water In fact, not only do the toxins in plastic effect the ocean, but acting like sponges, they soak up other toxins from outside sources before entering the ocean. As these chemicals are ingested by animals in the ocean, this is not good for humans. We as humans ingest contaminated fish and mammals.Different plastics spread throughout the ocean. As Styrofoam breaks into smaller parts, polystyrene components in it sink lower in the ocean, so that the pollutant spreads throughout the sea column.
Another important reason why there should be a fee on plastic bags because the bags that are being produced are made out of a fine type of petroleum that we have a low resources of .Their should also be a fee on plastic bags because the plastic bags are hard to decompose and the bags harm the soil and it takes more than 12 years for one piece of plastic to decompose.Some of the plastic in the ocean can break to little pieces that can harm the ocean in so many ways in the article called …show more content…
"Should There Be A Fee On Plastic Bags?" Upfront Magazine 19 Sep. 2016: 22-23. Print.
Midway: A Plastic Island. CNN.com, 12 Dec. 2016. Web. 09 Feb. 2017.
Their should be a fee on plastic bags all the plastic people use and throw out affects us because the plastic harms the street and the ocean in CNN student new it says ¨They mistake the …show more content…
The animals in the ocean that we eat get infected with the plastic because the plastic contains chemicals that can harm us.Plastic can kill many animals in the ocean and can contaminate the water In fact, not only do the toxins in plastic effect the ocean, but acting like sponges, they soak up other toxins from outside sources before entering the ocean. As these chemicals are ingested by animals in the ocean, this is not good for humans. We as humans ingest contaminated fish and mammals.Different plastics spread throughout the ocean. As Styrofoam breaks into smaller parts, polystyrene components in it sink lower in the ocean, so that the pollutant spreads throughout the sea column.
Another important reason why there should be a fee on plastic bags because the bags that are being produced are made out of a fine type of petroleum that we have a low resources of .Their should also be a fee on plastic bags because the plastic bags are hard to decompose and the bags harm the soil and it takes more than 12 years for one piece of plastic to decompose.Some of the plastic in the ocean can break to little pieces that can harm the ocean in so many ways in the article called …show more content…
"Should There Be A Fee On Plastic Bags?" Upfront Magazine 19 Sep. 2016: 22-23. Print.
Midway: A Plastic Island. CNN.com, 12 Dec. 2016. Web. 09 Feb. 2017.