A single plastic bag takes 400-1,000 years to disintegrate. That fact alone will make me more conscious of my decision to use a plastic bag next time I am at the grocery store, but, not all unifromed people may feel this way. For many years I have heard about the affects plastic has on the environment from the over 70% of sea turtles found with plastics related deaths since the year 2020 to the millions of people affected by their cities being covered in plastic. After watching the documentary "Battle of the Bags", I became much more aware of the affects plastic really has on marine life. Ignoring the consequences of plastics littered has created a major issue not only for the United States but across the world. But, one promising attempt made by a coastal Indian city to ban all thin single use plastics gives me hope. In Mumbai, they have made an effort to eliminate all thin single use plastics by banning them in the city and prosecuting with high fines. I think this along with encouragement of reusable bags would be a promising start considering single use plastic is what is most found. Although I think this problem would be best dealt with at a global scale, starting locally would be more feasible way to get communities to show concern and put efforts towards this issue. I think that it is important to realize there are alternatives to things such as plastic bags that leave a much less damaging affect on our environment and wildlife, so I would have to say yes, plastic bags are the problem.
https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/plastic-pollution-is-killing-sea-turtles-heres-how
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