An end to ocean pollution by Klarissa Henderson
https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-02-22/forget-floating-pacific-garbage-patch-new-trash-entering-oceans-much-worse
End to Ocean Pollution
In 2018, the state of Washington banned plastic bags in attempt to start the long process of ending ocean pollution. Banning plastic bags is definitely environmentally friendly, but it doesn’t help to save oceans. Ocean pollution, which has been affecting animals all around the world, has really began to be a concern in past years. Over 1 million seabirds and 1 hundred thousand sea mammals are killed by ocean pollution every year. Washington banning plastic bags did nothing to help fight against ocean pollution because the majority of the pollution is due to other plastic containers. Eliminating plastic containers and bottles would make a difference over time and is something the world needs to consider to make a bigger impact in the fight to end ocean pollution.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20190107/michael-abrahams-why-ban-plastic-bags
Do you think they should ban all plastic products?
Could banning plastic products affect our lives negatively?
Starbucks is getting rid of straws, know any other place?
Plastic is not good but then plastic is useful.
ReplyDeleteTammia D
I think getting rid of plastics that could harm animals is a very good thing
ReplyDelete-Patrick R
It would be very helpful for the earth to ban plastic from being used and I know that there's other alternatives for plastic that are Eco-friendly
ReplyDelete-Daniel Kelly
I think any alternative to plastic would still be just as bad. People are always going to liter.-Cali
ReplyDeleteHopefully scientist and innovators are able to develop an eco-friendly alternative soon that is just as universally useful as plastic but doesn't have all the harmful aspects so if someone were to liter it would disintegrate anyways ~ Myori
ReplyDeletePlastic is in everything now so it's hard to remove all plastic, but plastic bags are a good start and the ban should be implemented in other places. -Avery
ReplyDeletei think that getting rid of plastic bags is a good start to helping the enviroment.
ReplyDelete-hannah
Its a good idea to do this, it just might be hard to get other people on board to doing it.
ReplyDelete-Jordan
They should get rid of straws. It would be one of the many steps in making the oceans safer -ogechi
ReplyDeletei think the straw and bag thing is a good idea and it makes sense but not everyone is educated enough to follow through with it - lexi
ReplyDeleteMany people are building new gadgets to clean the ocean but they are to expensive if some big company's like apple, microsoft take upon our oceans will be clean in no time.
ReplyDelete- Anushka
There are a lot of ways for plastic to get into the ocean but starting with plastic bags is a good start.
ReplyDelete-Anthony A
I don't think they should ban all plastic products, I think we should come up with different ways to get rid of plastic waste
ReplyDeleteI( believe that getting rid of straws in coastal regions and creating biodegradable straws and exterminating other harmful plastics that do not decompose naturally for the oceans is a positive. -Liam H
ReplyDeleteIt would be kinda hard to get rid of all containers though., and what would we do with the remaining plastic?- Armando Saldana
ReplyDeleteIf plastic were banned then it would cause a lot of chaos for places like Walmart.
ReplyDelete-Layne
i think banning plastic is a good thing but we would need to find a substitute first. -triston
ReplyDeleteThere should be more ways of packaging and containing items than plastic. Maybe degradable backs would not be a bad idea. -Calvin
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