Why ban plastics bags?

Answer 1

The government should ban plastic bags because it is harmful for the environment. Eg. Because plastic bags are sometimes left on the ground they can get caught up in the ocean and kill fish and other sea creatures

here r some reasons:

• Plastic bags are made from polythene, a plastic made from oil, so even just reducing plastic bags will decrease foreign oil dependency. China will save 37 million barrels of oil each year because of their ban of free plastic bags.
• If you remember to bring your green or calico bag, you can save a minimum of 7 bags a week. That's 24 bags a month. 288 bags a year. 22 176 bags in an average of your lifetime.
• If just 1 out of 5 people did this in our country, we would save about 1.5 billion bags over our lifetime.

• A big problem with plastic bags is that they aren't easily biodegradable. However, over a long period of time, the plastic does break down into smaller, more toxic particles, which eventually contaminates soils and waterways. And as a consequence, the particles can enter the food chain and kill up to 200 different species a year.