Some people think that platic shopping bags should be banned because they contribute to land and sea pollution. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays the question of whether the government should ban

plastic

shopping

bags

due to their contribution to

land

and sea pollution has been receiving a great deal of public attention. I totally agree with the statement because of some reasons mentioned below.

First

, there are a number of reasons why

plastic

bags

pollute the

land

. They can often be dumped in the landfill, so

plastic

molecules mix in the

land

.

This

means that they would deteriorate human health in

such

a way that leads to diseases like food poisoning. They could be called “ The silent killers of the human body ”.

Moreover

, they contained vibrant colours so they could toxicate their content,and adversely affect the users’ health who

use

them frequently.

For example

, in 2004, a lot of farmers got sick in Mumbai, India because they used to grow vegetables in the area which was used to dump the

plastic

waste.

Second

,

plastic

bags

affect not only

land

but

also

the sea seriously. If people cast them into the ocean, the marine species will swallow

plastic

bags

with their food, which hinder animals’ digestive progress and push them to the brink of death. According to a report by the World Health Organization has revealed that every year, ten million fishes die on account of the consumption of polythene. Unless there is a stop in the

use

of

plastic

bags

, the extinction of rare marine species will make the situation worse. In conclusion, I advocate that forbidding the

use

of

plastic

bags

is an essential action. The authority should invest more money in producing alternative products for people to

use

in their daily lives.