Plastic shopping bags are used widely and cause many environmental problem. Some people say they should be banned. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Now,

plastic

bags

in shops and supermarkets have negative effects on our environment. It is thought that policies should be made to prohibit those

plastic

shopping

bags

. From my perspective, I agree entirely with

this

for several view reasons. The main reason for banning

plastic

bags

is that they pose serious threats to the human environment.

To begin

with,

although

they are convenient and can be used multiple times, they are non-biodegradable materials. It would take more than 100 years to completely vanish so that, causing a vast amount of waste and

hence

, soil pollution.

Next,

many wild

animals

may accidentally eat

plastic

bags

, especially marine

animals

. Cruise activities

such

as sailing or organizing parties on the beach allow people to have the opportunity to dump garbage into the ocean, and of course, much of the trash is made of

plastic

.

Finally

, the treatment of landfills of

plastic

waste by burning it would contribute to poor air quality.

As a result

, there is incineration's constant production of greenhouse gases. On top of that the second salient point is that

plastic

bags

also

have a bad effect on humans. Microplastics can easily enter the human body and cause serious diseases. Some chemicals in

plastic

bags

can disrupt the normal functioning of hormones in the body, once the marine

animals

consume these chemicals, they move through the food web and later into the humans, who consume fish

together with

other marine

animals

. As for

plastic

waste, which is processed in the form of incineration, it will produce toxic gases including dioxins, furans, etc. which affect the endocrine glands, reduce immunity and cause cancer. To summarize, it is very necessary to ban

plastic

bags

in the near future in order to protect both the environment and human life.