Paper or Plastic

Are Plastic Grocery Bags Sacking the Environment?

Plastic bag convenience is problematic for our environment. Billions of plastic bags are utilized by the consumer yearly, when their lifespan is over, the bag ends up in our landfills. “Once in the environment it takes months to hundreds of years for plastic bags to breakdown. As they decompose, tiny toxin bits seep into soils, lakes, rivers, and the oceans (Roach). Societies plan to reuse to reduce may benefit the consumer, however, in the long run, the outcome to save now is to costly toward our environment. For more information, click the link below.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/09/0902_030902_plasticbags.html

Lisa Patterson