OVER USE OF PLASTIC BAGS

By: Alessandra Canziani ,Isadora Siderey and Belén Adrianzen

INTRODUCTION The over use of plastic bags is a study about

the pollution caused by the plastic bags no matter the types of them for example, the plastic bags that are used in the supermarket. Even if those bags are biodegradables, also contaminate the sea and all these contamination have consequences. Did you know that all the over use of plastic bags have a lot consequences? Did you know that some animals in the sea die because of the plastic bags? Well, now you know more about the plastic bags and what is the consequence.

THE PROBLEM OF THE PLASTIC BAGSThe problem of plastic bags is that the

bags we throw to the floor go to the ocean. The bags that are biodegradable have consequences too, counting the regular plastic bags. The animals in the ocean die because the fishes eat the plastic bags; the turtles die because they confuse the plastic bags with jellyfishes.

OUR SURVEY RESULTS NUMBER OF SURVEYS:17 DO YOU USE BAGS WHEN YOU GO TO A STORE?

YES:17 WHAT KIND OF BAGS DO YOU USE?

PLASTIC:9 DO YOU KNOW THAT PLASTIC BAGS CONTAMINATE?

YES:9 NO:2 HOW MANY BAGS DO YOU USE AT WEEK?

1-5:1 5-10:6 MORE THAN 10:2 DO YOU KNOW THAT IN SOME PLACES PLASTIC BAGS ARE

FORBIDDEN? YES: 3 NO:5

DO YOU JOIN A CAMPAIN TO STOP PLASTIC BAGS? YES:8 NO:0

CONCEQUENCES THE CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT IF YOU

BUY A PLASTIC BAG IN ALONG TIME IT BIODEGRAD AND BECOMES BAD THINGS FOR THE WORLD.

THE OTHER CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT THE BIRDS GET TRAPPED WITH PLASTIC BAGS OR THAT DOLPHINS , TURTTLES , SHARKS , ETC.

WHAT CAN WE DO WE CAN RECYCLE , REUSE,AND REDUCE

THE PLASTIC BAGS BUT THE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT THE PLASTIC BAGS ARE DENGOROUSE ,AND ALSO WE CAN MAKE OUR COUTH BAGS FOR THE SUPERMARKET.