The alternatives to plastic bags.
1. Use biodegradable bags made from fabrics (cloth) or cartoon.
2. Use nylon bags that can be used and reused several times.
Plastic bags are considered as a global issue.
-Plastic bags need thousands years to dissolve.
- 500 billion bags used every year in the world.
-recycle only 1% of them.
plastic bags
The projects being by Sultanate of Oman to reduce the issue of plastic bags.
Working group consist of members from different ministries. They hold meetins about how to reduce plastic bags.
The effects of the plastic bags.
Animals
useful things from plastic bags
• Definition of plastic bags and how do we make them.
-Animals may mistakenly think they are foods.
-They drink water or breathe air that contain harmful substances of plastic bags causing poison after consumption or die.
Number of plastic bags are being used in Oman.
In 2008, a total of 6 million plastic bags
were used per month in hypermarkets in Muscat only.
In 2013, Ministry of Environment and Climate affaires recorded more than 12 million plastic bags are provided freely to consumers in Muscat alone every month.
Marine life
-The sea creatures are eating them so; they die.
- Plastic bags may close fish's gills causing death.
- They may obstruct arrival sunlight and ocean currents that carry foods and oxygen to the coral reefs.
Plants
-When plastic bags are thrown , substances mix with soil. When the plant absorbs these substances, it suffers or dies.
-The plastic bags in the ground obstruct arrival sunlight and air to the plant effecting obstruction vegetation.
Humans
-It contain substances thaw in the food cause some diseases in liver and lungs.
- The air, water, plants and animals that contain this substances effect negatively in human's health
- Plastic bag is material that produced from oil or natural gas.
- Plastic bags are manufactured from polyethylene which is one of the polymers.