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

The revolution of

plastic

had brought great convenience to humans in their daily life.

In contrast

, it

also

caused an enormous amount of damage to the planet by causing territorial and

marine

pollution. The only solution to prevent

further

harmful effects on the

ecosystem

seems to be banning the usage of

plastic

completely which I strongly agree with. In

this

essay, I will argue about the problems of

soil

degradation and the threat to the

ecosystem

which are imperative to the dismissal of

plastic

in our lives.

First

and foremost,

plastic

is non-bio-degradable material and it takes over millions of years to decompose into the

soil

. Even after the breakdown of

plastic

, it gets disintegrated into microplastic and

then

into nanoparticles. In

this

process, many harmful chemicals are released into the

soil

thus

preventing microorganisms from nourishing the

soil

and

thus

resulting in the degradation of

soil

.

As a result

, the food chain gets impacted and

this

proves that there is an immediate need to stop land pollution by eliminating

plastic

from our daily use.

Secondly

, the

plastic

that gets into the seas is a big threat to

marine

animals. The sea fishes, turtles and other

marine

mammals can get entangled with the

plastic

and die from suffocation, starvation and drowning. It is estimated that up to 13 million tons of

plastic

end up in the ocean each year. If we continue

this

trend, the total

ecosystem

would be in irreversible danger.

Therefore

, it is crucial to completely substitute the shopping bags with other materials like jute or cotton which are easily degradable. In conclusion, I strongly perceive an urgent need to ban the usage of

plastic

bags and replace them with bio-degradable material: It helps sustain the

ecosystem

of land and

marine

animals and prevent

soil

degradation.