Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Reusable, Eco-friendly Bags – Alternative to a Safer Environment

Plastic, paper and cotton bags are probably the easiest and cheapest options when it comes to containing and transporting foods, powders, ice, chemicals and even wastes. Billions of single-use plastic bags are distributed free of cost every day. These free single-use bags might seem to be of great advantage apparently, but as the old adage goes, nothing in this world comes for free. We pay heavily for using each of these bags with our environment and future. If we take into account the "cradle to grave" multiple impacts and the effects of each phase of these bags’ life we will be able to illustrate the actual costs paid by our environment and society for the fleeting convenience of unlimited, free, single-use plastic bags. Firstly, the production of these plastic bags requires a large amount of petroleum and natural gas. These production materials are non-renewable resources and there’s always a risk that unnecessary use of these resources might lead to scarcity. Moreover, the process to acquire these resources immensely contributes to the destruction of the fragile habitats and ecosystems around the world. The production of plastic bags also requires a lot of toxic substances to be used. These toxic substances in turn produce pollution and harm the environment. Energy consumption required for the production of these bags is also huge. This contributes effectively towards global warming.These bags might be distributed for free to the consumers but definitely does not come free to the retailers. The U.S. retailers alone incur an annual cost of approximately four billion U.S. dollars. When these bags are distributed, the costs are generally passed on to the consumers in the form of higher prices for the goods that they purchase. So, though the concept of these bags might seem to be free, in fact they also have some financial issues involved which ultimately are borne by the end-users. The disposal and littering of these bags also threatens the environment and the future of mankind and all living forms. These plastic bags are often disposed off into water or littered on land. Thousands of marine lives are put into danger due to this. Sea turtles, whales and other such marine mammals often mistakes these plastics for food and end up dead. When swallowed these plastics choke them or block their intestine resulting in a painful death. Same is the fate of several cows, goats and other such lad animals that often end up eating pieces of plastic while foraging for food. Moreover, it takes almost thousands of years for these pieces of plastic to completely degrade on land. They break down into tiny bits and contaminate soil and water. So we see that in-spite of the plastic beings ‘free’ of cost, there’s actually a major cost that needs to be paid indirectly and it threatens the mere existence of all living forms on the face of the earth. Mass movements are taking place all over the world in order to reduce the consumption of these plastic and paper bags due to their ill-effects on the environment. Luckily, though, we have seen the introduction of reusable, eco-friendly and environment safe bags on the market to substitute them. These bags are generally made of Polypropylene. They are simple to produce, strong and can be made of different weight or thickness depending on the intended use. Bags made of this durable material are water repellent and avoids bacteria and odor. They are not affected by chemicals or solvents and comply with FDA regulations. The reusable, eco-friendly bags proves to be a perfect alternative to the toxic plastic or paper bags and should be adopted for a better, healthier and safer environment.

The Environment and Nature

How a positive spin is great on protecting the environment and experiencing life to the fullest while embracing the power of nature.Centuries have passed while putting a positive spin on protecting the environment. First and foremost, you'd want to prevent fires. especially forest fires by keeping it green from classic to elegant for industries that built our towns, communities and cities. Although, they say that coal, timbers, and glass all have played an important role into what we have begun and what we have to offer. However, the beauty has evolved through towns and people have always sought new heights into protecting the environment to the highest point amidst the beauty by putting a positive spin on it. Meaning: high peaks and the highest point in the environment. So you'd want to make it a phenomenal view for nature watching in order to plan vacations and relax. first, you would have to keep everything right next to where you'd want to record everything happening in the environment to just keeping it fresh and clean. You'd also want to multi-surface and multi-task. although, it's a known fact that fresh plants make your environment gloomy and dreary and you wouldn't want to leave the environment in perils. so, you'd definitely want to reshape the environment and just wouldn't want to wait another minute for a bad look to come about. However, putting a signature spin on protecting nature which changes a lot especially if someone else is trying to put negative spins on everything else around it because everyone knows that each winter blasts that we have, usually blankets the country and throughout the whole Tri-state area. Although, people have made too many priorities that weren't kept when dealing with the environment. for instance: Wintery precipitation is like this: how you pick your car, is like picking a crop and like paving away from what is reality and what's not reality. The cattle: Thinking of the cattle, farms, and crops you'll need fresh crops with finishing touches on everything else around you in order to build the economy for consumer rights. With tree recycling: You should remove all dead branches meaning you'll need to landscape. The mountains: Mountains make it an awesome place on the planet spectacular and want to explore the amazing outdoors and surroundings and you'd want to be able to enjoy the great outdoors in order to be able to have it where the animals and birds can breathe and run around. However, having a positive spin on protecting the environment is a spirit of adventure with a bold new attitude and determination with a spiritual eloquence almost like a land of enchantment with the whole palm springs look which brings modern ingenuity. however, its a place where people might want to have a positive look on protecting the environment to where you can grow and maintain fresh crops in order to eat great and make the environment a special place to discover.Although, a changing environment will continue to affect people in many different parts of the world in unique ways and statistics on the environment provides an excellent way for us to determine whether the environment is improving or worsening. humans are treating the environment better or worse than they have done in the past. Although, pollution, hazardous waste, and many other environmental problems usually creates a major health threat for people around the world which is an environmental health organization that works with agencies in the developing world to try to eradicate harmful diseases. we can also make significant strides to improve the planet that we share by doing this.VIP: We should recycle-eliminate the use of electrical appliances for things that you can easily do by hand.-Use cold water in the washer whenever possible-don't ever leave water running needlessly -flush the toilet less often-recycle cans, bottles, paper bags and definitely, recycle your christmas tree.And last, but not least: teaching children t respect nature and the environment.If we don't do these steps and teach our children to do those things involving the environment and our surroundings and then we wouldn't have a positive spin and it would continue to leave a negative spin on the world.