-Kamal Shrestha (WPSUN: 20200701C)

When we enter into kitchen, we find full of plastic polybags in dustbin, inside drawers, and in some other places outside. We bring it inside in the name of buying vegetables, fruits and food items from a grocery shop or supermarket . And, when we have a great shopping, we do have lots of plastic poly bags usually! Then why not can it be a great misery that will happen in near future in our beautiful surroundings?
Why do you see most of the outside places full of plastic poly bags? In our day to day life, a plastic polythene bag is our friendly and helpful bag to pack things and carry things easily. It is widely used from small scale business- grocery store to large scale business- Supermarket. Due to its flexibility, durability, handy, moldable, transparent in various colors and even looking more attractive with beautiful designs in fashionable styles allure people to use more and more. And the more they use the more they throw it easily.
According to the Theworldcounts.com— We use 100 million tons of plastic every year. Some 10 percent of this plastic end up in the oceans. An estimated 300 million plastic bags every year end up in the Atlantic Ocean alone. Less than 1 percent are recycled. They are most often made from Polyethylene that takes centuries to degrade.
A Plastic Polythene Bags are made by thin flexible sheets of plastic roll. The name of the material is polyethylene. According to Britannica.com Polyethylene (PE), light, versatile synthetic resin made from the polymerization of ethylene. Polyethylene is a member of the important family of polyolefin resins. It is the most widely used plastic in the world, being made into products ranging from clear food wrap and shopping bags to detergent bottles and automobile fuel tanks.
Advantages of Plastic Polythene Bags
Plastic Polythene Bags were invented to save the environment of Earth in 1959 because maximum use of paper bags might have chance of chopping down more trees which would have greater negative impact on Earth’s surface and surroundings. Some of the advantages of Plastic Polythene Bags are as follows:
- The Poly bags are light weight and very useful to carry solid items, liquid items, packets, goods, vegetables, foods, etc. which is very friendly and highly economical.
- It is far better than clothe and paper bags because it is durable and can be used in bad weather conditions as well.
- It ensures the product well-preserved at all times. It protects from moisture, dust, light and oxygen.
- It uses lesser energy to produce in comparison to other packaging alternative and it can be reusable, recycled and utilize in various ways.
- It takes less space to store it and easy to deliver one place to another.
Disadvantages of Plastic Polythene Bags
Though Plastic Poly bags were developed as an another option to paper bags to save trees from the Earth, it became even more dangerous to harm the surroundings of Earth in a different way due to the one time use and throw everywhere concept built in the people’s mind. Some of the disadvantages of Plastic Poly bags are as follows:
- If we be closure to observe in our near about surroundings- street dogs, cows, oxen and other animals are consuming it with their food. They get severe disease at last and die.
- Animals, birds, sea creatures and fish are also getting entangled when it comes to their way and die of hunger.
- It is polluting our land and water. Everywhere we find the poly bags tangled in trees, flying in the skies and lying on the grounds. It makes the land infertile because of its chemical.
- Great numbers of discarded plastic poly bags create a blockage problem in drainage channels, sewers and even in stream and rivers in most of the urban areas.
- It contributes to global climate change as it is made of up non-renewable energies.
- Living beings in sea and ocean are in great risk as they consume it or entangle badly and taking place of them rapidly.
- It is destroying our human health as well by consuming it as a tiny particle with water and other liquor product unknowingly.
HOW TO MAKE A PLASTIC POLY BAG THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR LIFE TO SAVE ENVIRONMENT?
It’s an emerging issue to save our environment to make the plastic poly bags as our part of life. But, how is it possible?
Though it has advantages and disadvantages of use in our surroundings, we cannot stop and I say it is impossible to stop to use plastic polythene bag in the world. Because this is more convenient and consumer friendly product to carry, pack and keep things perfectly. And the more important and reality is we cannot stop completely to use it, though we are in need of best alternative option of it considering its disadvantages.
The possible way to use it and utilize it in various ways to reduce waste of poly bags to make a plastic poly bag the biggest part of our life to save environment are:
- USE IT MORE, THE MORE YOU CAN, THE SAME PLASTIC POLY BAGS— Go Shopping more times with the same Poly Bags. Think Plastic Poly bags are not mean to be invented only to be “ONE TIME USE & THROW ANYWHERE”.
- Collect, clean and dry it if it is applicable to the recycled company.
- Think about things we can make from Plastic Poly bags. We can make rugs, bracelets, flowers, baskets, bags, ropes, recycled clothing, etc. It is a most to work on it by the people around the globe.
a. If you are interested to make coiled basket. Please visit this tutorial:
http://www.malenaskote.se/blogg/2016/10/10/recycling-plastic-bags-how-to-make-a-coiled-basket/
b. LEARN PLASTIC BAG CROCHET: https://bagsbegone.com/learn/
c. How to Crochet a Plastic Sleeping Mat: https://www.finecraftguild.com/craft-for-humanity-crochet-a-plastic-sleeping-mat-for-the-homeless/
d. Learn how to fuse plastic? : https://www.flickr.com/photos/soshesews/sets/72157618117519922/with/3529459575/
SUGGESTIONS & ADVICE
- Make the people aware Plastic Polythene bags are not mean to be “ONE TIME USE & THROW ANYWHERE”. Run a campaign— USE IT MORE, THE MORE YOU CAN, THE SAME PLASTIC POLY BAGS.
- Government should make a plan to collect Plastic bags from the waste and after using it from the citizens paying according to their quantity of collection.
- Use Reusable bags or bamboo basket to carry vegetables. Think about alternative options instead of using plastic poly bags.
- If you have used it then dispose properly according to the guidelines of environment or send it to recycle. If not then think about making the things from it.
- On the day of Environment, every people must be mobilized to pick up the poly bags from anywhere and collect it for proper disposal.
- Suggest manufactures to produce biodegradable plastic bags widely which would take less production cost and only takes 3 to 6 months to decompose according to the temperature and amount of moisture present. This product is fully eco-friendly so replace Plastic Polythene Bag by Biodegradable Plastic Bags.
To conclude, it is inevitable to use plastic poly bags in our daily life. We have seen it everywhere so make it USE More times the same poly bag and dispose properly once it cannot be reuse. Decode PROXY: A YES Mindset to SPREAD PEACE and SAVE ENVIRONMENT Notion helped a lot to deal with the plastic polythene bags to SAVE ENVIRONMENT on its height.
(Can you please visit my post about Decode PROXY and register on it to SPREAD PEACE & SAVE ENVIRONMENT movement? https://kamalsbloggingcafe.wordpress.com/2020/08/22/decodeproxy/)
Wow, what a great post! Thanks for the information! 🌞
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We usually get to read only about avoiding plastic not reusing it. Enjoyed reading your ideas about it. Cheers for the environment- consciousness!
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Very good ideas… Its very important these days…thank u for this.😊
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Your efforts for presenting such excellent post really needs an appreciation.👍👍 Keep sharing 😃
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Yes. You are right. You are most welcome. Can you please visit my post about Decode PROXY and register on it to spread peace and save environment movement. https://kamalsbloggingcafe.wordpress.com/2020/09/05/plasticpolybags/
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You are most welcome. Can you please visit my post about Decode PROXY and register on it to spread peace and save environment movement. https://kamalsbloggingcafe.wordpress.com/2020/09/05/plasticpolybags/
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This is so true, our extensive use if plastics is dangerous
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Sure sir.. I will
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Yes you are right. Can you please visit my post on Decode PROXY and register to spread peace and save environment.
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Thank you.
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Very informative ost,Kamal!
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Thank you. Be a part of it.
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Simple and powerful..
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Thank you so much and be a part of it. Please visit https://kamalsbloggingcafe.wordpress.com/2020/08/22/decodeproxy/ and register.
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What a very interesting content you have here, thanks for visiting my blog, I appreciate that 😄😄😄.
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Very good text, valuable. I haven’t read enough yet, but the title page shows you’re moving what’s important. I’m glad that I found your blog.
..As humanity, we must restrain ourselves and begin to respect mother Earth. Because our future and that of our children and future generations depend on it.
We always start with small steps, FROM MYSELF .. what can I do today? First of all, limit the use of everything that is harmful to nature, help it as much as possible ..
Kamal, thanks for this text. Yours sincerely 🙂
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Thank you. It’s my pleasure.
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Brilliant post to say how can we reuse plastic. This is a more positive way of saving the environment rather than blaming the plastic.
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Yes, you are right. Thank you so much. Can you visit my post https://kamalsbloggingcafe.wordpress.com/2020/08/22/decodeproxy/ and register it.
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Very informative, Kamal. Thanks for sharing the alternative ideas.👌
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I am very much glad to get a good review from you. So I am very thankful for your precious words to my post.
Yes, we should respect our mother Earth and think about it for future generations.
You are right about your opinion. Hope you will know more about Decode PROXY on https://kamalsbloggingcafe.wordpress.com/2020/08/22/decodeproxy/ and I request you to register.
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Thank you. Lots of text. But I can already see that the plan is good. Any action to save our planet.
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You are most welcome.
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Kamal, some of the newer types of plastic bags are biodegradable. Even so, we should reduce, reuse, and recycle.
🙂 Take care! Cheryl
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Yes, you are right. These are eco-friendly plastic bags, I will update this on my article. Thank you so much for knocking my head, I studied biodegradable things but forgot to talk about. 🙂🙂🙂🙂💕
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Yesterday itself I visited your post and registered there. Kindly check whether I am registered I doubt as I didn’t get any notification.
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Hello and thank you very much for follow my little blog!
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Welcome.
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Its a pleasure
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Kamal: Do you grocery stores have plastic bags as well as paper bags?
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Interesting and informative!
Thank you for sharing
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Thank you so much!🙂🙂🙂
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😊 🌸
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Do you need plastic bags
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This is for ourselves.
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Reblogged this on worldtraveller70.
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Thank you.
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I’ve recently begun using the biodegradable baggies — they’re lighter, don’t stick to the food, easier to use, less waste fully packaged — superior in every way!
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Nice bag… great.
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formulation and implementation of plastic recycling protocols is the need of the hour!
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Yes John. It’s the need of the hour.
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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