Every year, approximately 500 billion plastic bags are used to carry goods such as food and clothing purchased from stores across the world. Over time, the use of plastic bags has increased. Although plastic bags are very useful in our daily lives, and it seems to be unable to survive without them, they contribute significantly to environmental pollution, animal deaths, human health risks, and other negative consequences. Plastic bags are complex and expensive to recycle, and most end up at landfills where photodegradation takes place. They disintegrate into small, poisonous particles that contaminate land and rivers and enter the food chain when ingested by animals. Worse than that, even after the dead animal decomposes, the ingested plastic will remain intact. This means that another animal can eat and eventually have the same impact. However, the issues with the plastic bags begin long before they degrade. Our world is becoming increasingly contaminated as ...
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