Plastic shopping bags contribute to the pollution of land and sea. Some people think they should be banned. Do you agree or disagree?

Using of lots of non-biodegradable

products

like

plastic

, polythene, and other synthetic materials cause environmental pollution, especially in land and

water

sources. Not only

plastic

shopping bags but

also

various other

plastic

products

to illustrate fishing nets,

plastic

bottles, containers, and food packaging. I believe that these

products

should be eradicated from society to protect nature which supports all

species

to survive.

This

essay will provide information to strengthen the above idea in detail.

To begin

with,

plastic

is a by-product of the manufacturing process of petroleum which is the main material for fuel. Because of that, it can be produced for a very low cost and it is

also

contained with different possibilities

such

as moulding, extruding, or pressing into solid objects.

This

adaptability along with other wide range of properties,

for instance

, lightweight, durability, flexibility, and inexpensive production has led to its widespread. As an example, 9 billion tonnes of

plastic

has been produced during the time period 1950-2017. And it was 400 million tonnes in 2020.

Therefore

, statistics predict that it will double in amount by 2050 according to the rate of using

plastic

at the moment.

However

,

this

rapid spreading of plastics has started filling lands and

water

resources due to the bad habits of human beings. Since there is no proper disposing method, people used to throw away these used

plastic

items to the soil and

water

bodies.

This

causes lots of environmental haphazard by damaging birds, aquatic

species

, land-based animals, and

sea

animals. When

plastic

spreads through the

water

, it is divided into small particles by

water

waves. These particles can be found in the digestive systems of

sea

creatures. Not only the

sea

animals but

also

, the land-based

species

,

for instance

, elephants, tigers, hyenas, and cattle when swallowing

plastic

shopping bags, died due to that.

For example

, the abandoned fishing nets contribute to the extinction of endogenous

species

like blue whales, dolphins, and

sea

turtles. In conclusion, I totally agree that there should be a method to ban these

plastic

-based

products

on behalf of environmental protection.