Why should plastic bags be banned?

Plastic bags are a major cause of environmental pollution. Plastic as a substance is non-biodegradable and thus plastic bags remain in the environment for hundreds of years polluting it immensely. It has become very essential to ban plastic bags before they ruin our planet completely. Many countries around the globe have either put a ban on plastic bags or Levi’s tax on it. However, the problem hasn’t been solved completely because the implementation of these measures hasn’t been as successful. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest problems facing our world today. It was first invented in 1907 by Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland. Made from petroleum products, Baekland’s “bakelite” plastic was a revolutionary material. It was lightweight, could withstand heat and cold, could hold up over time, and best of all, it was cheap and easy to mass-produce. Baekeland couldn’t have anticipated that plastic’s long-term durability would end up making it so detrimental and dangerous to the environment.??

Plastic doesn’t biodegrade. When it does break down after a very long time, mind you it turns into harmful nodules of microplastic. These microplastic motes find their way into waterways, where they are digested by other creatures, including humans. They sit in the gut, piling up and leeching harmful elements into the body.

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