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.
