The problem with these bags stems from their ability to
float away in the air and in the water. They don’t degrade very quickly at all,
taking roughly 450 years in water and 1,000 years on land.
Turtles, seals, sharks, birds, whales, and many other land
and sea animals (roughly 100,000 a year) are entangled, choke to death, or
starve because of ingesting plastic bags that are not digestible. (www.algalita.org)
As if that isn’t enough, they cause litter problems, consume
non-renewable resources in their production (oil), and cause floods. Yes
floods. Bangladesh banned them completely in 2002. They found that they were
clogging the drainage and sewage systems that ultimately caused the massive
floods in 1998 (and also in 1988).
Back in college, I remember one of my professors talking about
Ireland. They put a 15 cent tax on each plastic bag the consumer used. It
spurred people to bring their own bags, milk crates, and baskets when they went
shopping. Their plastic bag litter problem went down to nearly nothing and
roughly 90% of stores stopped offering them because they weren’t needed. Back
then, I hadn’t heard of any community to do this and now you hear about at
least one a week.
We are catching on here in the US. Since the beginning of the year
42 cities have enacted plastic bag bans which bring our total to 79. (Plastics
News, July 2012) Granted, most of these cities are in California,
who seems well on their way to a state-wide ban, but it is a start for sure.
Several other cities in the West have done the same.
Now, SB3442 in IL is looking to go a different route. The bill,
now awaiting Governor Quinn’s signature, creates an environment where bag and
plastic film manufacturers wishing to sell bags in the state, have to register,
create a recycling plan, and show percentages of bags ad films collected versus
what they sold. It goes further, thanks to lobbying efforts in the plastic bag
industry, to prohibit municipalities with fewer than 2 Million people, which
only excludes Chicago, from enacting bans of their own. Check
it out.
Many groups, organizations, and municipalities are upset with this
bill because it takes away their home-rule authority and doesn’t go far enough
to protect land, water, and animal life. Have you researched this at all? What
do you think about it?
The problem with these bags stems from their ability to float away in the air and in the water. They don’t customized carrier bags
ReplyDeletedegrade very quickly at all, taking roughly 450 years in water and 1,000 years on land.
Exactly. Fortunately, Illinois municipalities will retain their ability to regulate bags as they see fit for their community. This is one time where big business did not get their way.
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