How do you ban plastics and save nation?

Answer 1

Banning all plastic would not be good for the human race.

Ignoring the fact that bread is essentially a plastic, plastic is used for everything from replacement parts during surgery to holding space shuttles together. It carpets homes, paints walls, protects food, sheds water, makes car tires, becomes fiber for cloths, tooth fillings, replaces ivory keys on pinos,prevents pollution, insulates wires. Finding replacement natural products would be almost impossible.

The question that should perhaps have been asked was:

* "What could be done to replace existing plastics with more ecologically friendly plastics?, or * "How can plastics be recycled?", or * "What are essential uses of plastic and which uses are open to alternates?", or * "How can plastic disposal be reduced?"