Have you ever thought why many people use plastic bags for shopping and how it still exists even though they are non-decomposable also which is asked to ban by many organizations. Get to know about top few myths of plastic grocery bags which are actually a myth and not a truth.
People are in a belief that usage of plastic bags are banned in many countries, but the fact is it is not banned anywhere. Consumers of San-Francisco are required to use compostable plastic bags rather using 100% recyclable bags. Places like New Jersey, Connecticut and few cities in California are in progress to implement program of recyclable plastic bags.
We all think one of the universal truths is paper bags are better environmental choice than plastic bags on the other hand the actual truth of how paper and plastic bags manufacturers in UAE, United States and many more countries says as follows,
Paper bags generate 70% more emissions and 50 times more water pollutants than plastic bags Whereas Plastic bags produce only 40% energy and generate 80% less solid waste than paper bags. Even the paper bags made from 100% recycled fiber use more fossil fuels than plastic bags.
Plastic bags are considered to be a primary purpose for usage of littering and took large component in landfill; however the statistics states that most frequently encountered item in landfills is paper. On average paper accounts more than 40% of a landfill's contents. Newspapers alone take up 13% of landfill space. Cigarette butts, chewing gum, and candy wrappers account for about 95% of all litter.
According to mythology plastic bags will take minimum of 1000 years to decompose in landfills, perhaps in today’s landfills nothing could be decomposed paper, food, plastic or even compostable or bio degradable products cannot since they turn to be as stable and dry as possible. William Rathje, Researcher, found out from the garbage project which is conducting by him states that when excavated from landfill the 1960s newspapers are still intact and readable.
In United States plastic bags consume Less than 0.05% of a barrel of oil which gains extraordinary energy efficient to manufacture, while 93% - 95% of every barrel of crude oil is burned for fuel and heating purposes. Plastic bags actually consume less fossil fuels during their lifetime than do compostable plastic and paper bags. Plastic bags in UAE, Europe and in many gulf countries are used widely in day to day life for shopping, shipping and even for trashes.
It is now cheaper to use recycled plastic than to obtain new materials, today we have growing market for recycled plastic that didn’t exist 15 years ago that mainly increases potential for more recycling of used plastic bags. Recycled plastic grocery and shopping bags are currently being made into new consumer products such as clean new plastic shopping bags, outdoor decking and railing products.
We as consumers do stop believing myths about plastic bags and start consuming recyclable plastic bags by creating awareness to everyone.
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