Usage of PLASTIC Bags...  

thanks subathra for discussing a vital and good point over here. it is really harmful to use the plastic bags. it is not only harmful it is not hygenic also . better to avoid this and save our country

We cannot expect the businessmen (traders) to work for conservation and preservation of environment. They donot give it a damn. It is their business, maximization of profits becomes paramount for them. Even the housewifes and men who go to stores cannot insist paper covers or envrionemntal friendly bags, because it costs a lot. Where was these plastic covers some 50 years ago. I remember, my father used to ask me to bring something from grocery 3 kg or 4 kg of rice or dal or soji for our big family, the shop keeper patiently used to pack it in a cone form in newsppaer and hands it to us. Now everything in plastic bag. At least at home I destroy the plastic bags brought by others. I keep paper covers ready, if I have to give something to others. I replaced all plastic pet bottles, instead gone back to glass bottles. I had been to Ooty and I was amazed at the publicity and the care people have taken in banning the plastic bags. But still the tourists who use the plastic bags and indicriminately throw the bag in this hill station.

I think the government should put a special tax of some percentage only to collect the plastic bags and do something, because it is not biodegradable.

In schools there should be special lesson on ban of plastic bags, so that these children tell their parents not to use. Let children educate the parents!!

Greater awareness on warfotting be done to ensure people use environmental friendly bags.

As time moves on more and more people are aware that the environment has to be looked after. My local supermarket encourages shoppers to buy material bags that are quite strong and can be used again and again. The plastic bags they give out are of a far poorer quality than before. This must put some people off using them. They are also bright orange, that is so eye catching. I have seen foldable shopping bags for ladies hand bags and think this is an excellent idea. I do use quite a number of small plastic bags to clean up after my dogs. I will try to restrict my use of other plstic bags I think.

I don't like paper bags. They are a hassle, and I've found roaches in the bottom of paper bags. Nasty.

When you burn plastic bags, they quickly disappear. I guess I'm just not green.

That's a good point subathra, making us aware of the ecologiclal importance of getting rid of the harmful effects of pollution by using the proper ways of waste disposal. We know plastic is non-biodegradable material therefore, it should not be used and disposed anywhere else. I am glad to hear that commercial establishments are going back to using paper bags as eco-friendly measures against pollution. Thus, we would be contributing more making our place even GREENER and suitable place to live.

There are many store that now use the eco friendly one that if not used within a few months automatically disinagrate. Dollar General is one of the stores in our area that use them. So if you get them and leave them lying around eventually they will disappear. I hope more stores will go to these and help the enviroment.

Plastic in all forms is a challenge for the environment. I agree with you the about problems of using plastic bags. But we should keep in mind that unless we find a proper alternate to this it will be difficult to replace it. Paper bags may be to some extent replaced but not suitable for most of the goods. We should not overlook the covenience in using the plastic bag. They are light and strong at the same time water resistance. These features make it more preferable. I think the first thing to be done is as you said for some other alternate solution, at the same time it should be tried to workout recycling of plastic items. That will help a lot. The used plastic being recycled will reduce the further production of plastic and thereby we can limit the environmental pollution.

Eliminating the usage of plastic bags will be a very hard task to do, it is used everyday around the globe. Why not create a plastic bag that decays, but still as affordable as the original plastic bag or cheaper? With that, we will not have trouble changing methods and routines. A substance that can make anything organic is a good idea too. With that, we can submerge all the plastic wastes in it, and let them decay. We will have richer soil and less garbage when that thing becomes a reality! With the fast advancement of our technology nowadays, I doubt that those inventions would take more than a century to develop.

I think it's bad to use so many plastic bags but they're tons of them in matkets. Honestly the only matket that has paper bags available is Tesco in here. And smaller shops don't provide it either. So the only thing I can do is to get one plastic bag and then don't trash it but take it with to the shop next time to reuse it. i do it as many times as its vitality let me to do it so I think I use about 10-13 times less plastic bags than people who use them only once. Not much but still something...

You are careful enough to have found out this issue that there are many shops which offer plastic bags. These plastic bags are not eco-friendly to the environment at all as they don't get rotten at all in the soil but damage the environment. I am also getting worried about this as much as you do. I do hope that there will be more manufacturers producing paper bags instead for the protection of the earth and the environment for our generations yet to come.