Why are People still using plastic bag?

Why People Are Still Using Plastic Bags?

We know that plastic usage is very high in many countries. And so do the bad effects of plastics. People are very often to use a plastic because of some reasons. Here are the reasons why people are often using a plastic.

First, people are always using a plastic bag because of its availability and easiness to find a plastic. In every corner and in every place of the cities and countries, there are always plastic bags; especially in Jakarta the usage of plastic bag is in a high rate. The groceries, vendors, mini market, and hypermarket use the plastic bags for the reason of easiness. So, from the lower-class people up to high-class people in Jakarta are familiarized in using plastic bags.

Moreover, it is a hard thing to do to change their mind-set to use another friendly material to wrap or to use because using plastic bag is a habit for them.

Second, people are using the plastic bags because its durability. The durability means the plastic bags can be used two or three, or even more times without breakable. It also lasts longer than any material we use every day. This durability makes the people are reluctant to use or bring cloth bag or even paper bag when they shop in a market or supermarket. They think that the use of another material beside plastic is not practical.

Third, plastic is very convenience to use. It’s very easy to carry anything using the plastic bags. Plastic bags can carry mostly heavy metal. It is also easy to find, that’s why many people are comfortable enough using plastic bags to put their things and carry it.

Fourth, few people thought that plastic is so expansive. But no, plastic is very cheap and we can find in everywhere, that’s the reasons why people always using the plastic bags. In addition, almost all the people don’t know about the harmful effects of using the plastic bags. Here, I want to tell you about the harmful effects of using plastic:

The harmful effects of using the plastic on human health and environment:

1.  Plastic bags can kill the animal

There are 100,000 animals such as dolphin, turtle, albatross, penguins are killed every year due the plastic. They eat the plastic because it seems like a food for them and therefore die.  And worse, the ingested plastic bag remains intact even after the death and decomposition of the animal

2.  Plastic degradation at sea takes between 45-1000 years because plastic is made from synthetic materials, generally using petroleum as a raw material, added material such as heavy metals (kadnium, lead and nickel), or other toxic materials like cholorine, toxins from the plastic apart when broken down or burned. Most of the people burn the plastic, and the most dangerous are dioxins. In the dioxins into our bodies will cause cancer. And will also harm the environment. Then, it is in some other countries to destroy by burning plastic is not recycled but by using a advanced technology.

3.   Plastic is so dangerous for babies, children and adult because one of controversies concerns a chemical called bisphenol-A, or BPA, which is used in many plastic bottles, aluminum can linings and plastic food containers

Bisphenol A.

BPA can make:

1.       Obesity

2.       Breast cancer

3.       Neuroblastoma

4.       Lang study

5.       Heart disease and brain tumors.