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

Many people dispute that since the widespread use of

plastic

shopping

bags

has led to various environmental complications, they should be restricted. In

this

essay, I will argue that these

bags

ought to be prohibited as

plastic

containers have resulted in land and sea

pollution

in addition

to provoking threats to

wildlife

species. One of the main arguments in favour of banning

plastic

bags

for shopping is that because of their non-composted nature, they would remain in the environment for a life span of over a thousand years and cause

pollution

all over the environment.

For instance

, many NGOs, who are attempting to fundraise over the initiative to clean important sites reported that the majority of garbage that our volunteers collect is of

plastic

materials most of which are shopping

bags

.

Hence

, the use of these materials should be cut

due to

their long durability which triggers vast

pollution

.

On the other hand

, these containers are the prime contributors to

wildlife

extinction. The reason for

this

is that

plastic

is an obscure element spread all around the field. Animals unintentionally eat or stuck in

plastic

substances which eventually leads to their demise. Take Pelikans,

for example

, which are now an endangered species, particularly

as a result

of widespread

plastic

materials thrown into their habitat. The more these substances exist in

wildlife

habitats, the more the risk of animal extinction. In conclusion, I would argue that despite their apparent practicality, the consumption of

plastic

shopping

bags

should be prohibited by governments on the grounds that they are the leading cause of environmental

pollution

as well as

being a hazard to

wildlife

.