Is Plastic Getting Banned
. As it cannot be recycled burning plastic diffuses harmful smoke. Below are some of the 25 reasons why plastic bags should be banned from our cities.
New York City where Mayor Bill DeBlasio banned single-use water bottles via executive order in Feb. Plastic also emits some radiation. The quality of drinking water is getting worse day by day due to plastic pollution and this is resulting in various water borne diseases.
In the US some states and municipalities have taken action.
The plastic is now getting diverted to countries with a high risk of improper management and high leakage rates says Roland Geyer an industrial ecology professor at the University of California Santa Barbaras Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and lead author of a recent study on the ultimate fate of disposed plastics. To pull a shot you need to put your coffee grounds into the filter basket. For example in Los Angeles recycling facilities still. Plastic bags are usually lightweight and as such they can travel very long distances by either water or wind.
