So wait there are people who throw away their plastic bags once they get home from the store and don't ever re-use then again? Like you don't have a drawer in your kitchen where you put all you plastic bags so you don't have to buy them again or to use them on your bins? They must have grown up in a rich house
Fra Don't mess with beans I grew up pretty well off (not _rich_ but fairly wealthy) and we always kept our bags. I can't think of any reason not to, other than sheer laziness and a lack of care for the environment.
@@cosmosisrose we kinda don't, the store staff wouldn't really honor the request anyways as it's easier for them to just use the existing bagging method
The plastic bag situation is always out of control. Many times I try to shop without having to use them, but not only the stores include them by default, but it is also being employed as an anti-theft security system where if you have your products in bags, they are not stolen.
My parents have been using the same reusable bags for over 25 years and they are still in good condition. I've had my own for about 5 years now and no sign of needing new ones. I also think it's worth mentioning that reusable bags fit many more groceries. Even when doing a large shop with my partner, we usually just carry two bags each. With single use bags, we would probably need at least 4 each Since the cashiers where I live always double bag, that would be about 4 times as many bags each time we would go shopping if we used single use.
That 131 uses is only a grocery trip a week for three years! I've had mine for nearly a decade. I was using a gemline bag twice last week to gather ice and fill a cooler, can't do that with a plastic grocery bag.
@@drfusioncraft There is technology that is able to sort and recycle most packaging plastics. (Excluding PVC) There is a plastic recycling facility in Finland, that opened in 2016, that at the moment needs some imported plastic to function, because Finns aren't so used to recycling plastic yet. But that technology could be used in other countries. Someone would just have to invest and start a business.
@Lana Joy I took this habit really fast when I spent a year in Finland, because each plastic bag was costing 50 cents. It helps to remember ^^ Now, I always have a tote bag and 2 produce bags in my handbag.
This video deserves more views :) The better option is really to avoid plastics as much as possible. Sadly, biodegradable plastics might not be as biodegradable as you might think. The ''biodegradability'' advertised by companies is mostly (by no means have I read enough papers on this topic to call myself an expert) based on lab studies conducted in controlled environments and under optimal conditions that might never be met in the natural environment. Although they are a greener option because they can at least degrade, their cost of production is higher than for those more ''traditionally produced'' plastics. That cost of production is the reason why the most common types of plastics produced are still petroleum based ones like polyethylene and polypropylene.
Love videos about environment, I live in a small country surrounded by countries 50 or more times larger than mine, we must by government do many expensive things to stop polluting the environment as waste separated, everything electric etc. separating plastics for instance a quarter cubic meter a month separated means buying quarter cubic meter for the next month because everything from a blister pack of 5 needles till a online bought dog lease + anti worm pils packaged in a separate plastic blister in a 30 x 30 x 30 box filled with plastic bubble wrap, is packaged in plastic or lined with it , Even if we, all 7.5 billion stop today using plastic, it wil effect the planets environment for thousands of years, even if humanity extincts today. In the meantime our closest neighbours countries do nothing about the environment burning wood and oil stoves, power plants that burn brown coal etc. Do they ( our government) relay thing that a small country like ours makes a cleaner Earth environment if nobody else does?
Love your videos!😍 Can you make one explaining the debate on the wind turbines because here in Greece a lot of people are against it and say that they really harm the environment. I'm really confused because we have to lower our carbon emissions so as to save the planet and if the renewable energy is debatable, then what??😣
Wind turbines contain some metals in them called rare earth elemants that are not only unbelievably harmful to the environment, but just so to the workers extracting them. However, cars and as I understand many other machines that make atomic power plants etc. work also contain rare earth elements (I wouldn't stake my life on this). Hence, they still are the better choice, especially when looking at climate change.
I'm from Jamaica and at the beginning of january our Government placed a ban on plastic straws, the importation of Styrofoam boxes used for food and single use plastic bags so when we go to the store we get paper bags or clothe bags. i think this is a good step in taking of the environment.
Great video and great information.. I reuse plastic bags in many different ways.. I now use them sealing items and wrapping items around the house and work place..
I would imagine so. Ideally, they would search for a cloth bag in their closet or ask a friend for an extra and use that for the next 5 years. Cloth bags are not necessarily bad, they just shouldn't be bought new, used once, and then left in a drawer to gather dust. Part of the reason why plastic bags are such a target is that they are so easy to throw away.
Actually I think I said something stupid earlier. I agree we should all use cloth bags, but get them from thrift stores instead of buying them new. That way the damage is already done and instead of hurting everything more you can use the bag multiple times until it's been used enough. Plus it is WAY cheaper. I did this and I can carry most of my food items in there, however I live in america and the produce is super large so I end up using Plastic bags anyway. I'm happy I can cut down on bags but I do want to do more.
In Australia there is only 1 state that has no sing-use plastic bag ban and all 4 major grocery store chains no longer use single-use plastic bags, instead opting for thicker reusable plastic bags that cost 15 cents each
Yeah, I got take out kebab the other day, and was surprised to see it in styrofoam, like they still use this? So I'm not going to have take out there anymore, unless it's pizza, I'm going to eat in.
In the old days (before plastic bags became so commonplace), people were more resourceful and less wasteful. Cardboard boxes were often reused to put your groceries in, fish was wrapped in newspaper and bags were often made of straw or paper. Whenever I go food shopping, I take a cardboard box off the shelves to put my shopping in. I will then repurpose some of the boxes to be used as parcels.
producing high quality plastic bags in pricing and quality standards that could possibly replace paper bags and cloth bags therefore making them more reusable can eliminate the cost that paper and cloth bags production hold. open to thoughts about this
Recycling plastics is very difficult and not always effective. Much of the garbage sent to be recycled is not recyclable so it ends up in a landfill anyways. Garbage can blow away into the ocean or rivers that flow into the ocean when in transport to the landfills. Litter also ends up in the ocean.
But it's especially hard when you have to beg the cashier not to put it in a plastic bag. I think it's good if there was a rule in place that you have to pay 10ct for every plastic bag like in Chicago. But yes, it's just a little thing to the enviroment, nothing to celebrate yourself.
@@mikebaker5563 Or you just let everyone pack their groceries on their own. I'm used to do that anyway. Is it your job to pack everything in (plastic) bags, anyway?0
@@mikebaker5563 I work cashier as well. It can be a pain, but that doesn't mean we dont take the extra step to help our planet and stop plastic pollution. Plus, a lot of people are perfectly fine bagging their own stuff in their reusable bags. Even if not, we suck it up. If you work as a cashier, then you know how many plastic bags we go through. That should be enough to persuade you to stop using plastic, too.
Mike Baker what are you talking about? i’m a cashier here and i’m extra happy to pack someone groceries using their reusable bag instead of plastic thinking they just gonna throw it away right after they went home. I’m absolutely DISGUSTED when people ask for double bag when it’s totally unnecessary , like where do you work girl???
I've been using the same reusable cloth bags for over 5 years now. The only damage to them has been a few straps/handles break and we've just sewed them back up. While 130 times seems like a lot they can definitely handle that amount and far exceed it if you put in even a minimal amount of effort. We need to go back to fixing things. Even using things until they are broken isn't enough.
Another Danish study found you'll need to use a cotton bag 15000 times compared to a single use plastic bag. I find the part with the 100 companies totally unnecessary. Some of these companies have millions of households as customers. You could alternatively have 100.000 companies with fewer customers creating even more pollution.
No you couldn't, because those 100 companies are enough to create 71 percent of the world's CO2 emissions. So there is only 29 % left for smaller companies.
The Danish study you reference actually arrived at the same conclusion; about 150 uses of an organic cotton sack to break even with regards to its impact towards **climate change**. Only 52 times if it's conventional cotton. However, the study looked at many other areas of ecological impact, hence the different numbers. They found that you would need to re-use an organic cotton bag something like 20,000 times to break even with the impact to ozone depletion (7100 for conventional cotton). This is the highest area of impact by a wide margin. Removing this category, you would only need to re-use a conventional cotton bag 50-1400 times to break even in all other categories (or 150-3800 for organic cotton), which is very realistic.
@@raapyna8544 he means you could break those 100 companies up in to 100000 smaller companies and get the same result but that misses the point that those 100 (or 100000) companies have all the profits from all the exploitation of the planet and therefor should be obligated to pony up some of that cash.
We need to take care of the earth more, guys. We are humans - the people who mostly live on earth than other beings. Please throw away the litter that you see and do it even though it's not your trash. Please take care of the earth. "If you want an environment, you got to work for it" -Anonymous.
I easily can say I have used my cloth-bag over 131 times. And as a side effect I am not responsible for microplastics floating around in the oceans equivalent to 131+ plastic bags. Now, can we please start to discuss the fact that most groceries you buy are somehow wrapped in plastics? Like, even cereal boxes (cardboard) have plastic bags inside them to hold the cereals. And don't get me startet on noodles, rice, lentils etc. Or my favourite: plastic-vacuumed glass bottles (I've seen this with sauces and sake).
Love the video and I support the Patreon! But I'd like to hear more about the effects of microplastics in the ocean ending up in fish, in our food systems, in our bodies, etc. and the unknown health effects of this? Surely the story of microplastics does not stop in the ocean gyres...
If I correctly read the study, they assumed on the paper bag was nothing printed. If I would opt for them, they would have huge amounts of green ink on it. (Never got 'em though to check the ink they used.)
What about using old curtains, t-shirts or jeans to make cloth bags? I made some that way. Before I knew they had environmental impact, I also boufht some, but me and my family will use them forever, so it's fine.
It should start at the production level. Company's should switch to using compostable bags so that people would eventually use environment friendly options.
Here in California, stores don't give you plastic bags. You have to buy them. I always bring my reusable bags when I go shopping. Thee plastic bags I do have, I reuse them for other things. Jeez, people really throw away bags after using them once?
I thought it would be better to use paper or cotton bags to avoid plastic waste even though it might use a little more energy. The extra energy usage seems small while plastic would leach into our environment and be impossible to get out.
If they came up with something that went viral on how to hack about getting along without plastic and paper bags, people wouldn't be using them. But they have you pay for them, so they stay around. And thinking of what the manufacturer and all the processes in the making of plastic bags could do instead of focusing on plastic would help. But I am sold on making car skins out of plastic instead of metal. So maybe all these manufacturers of plastic bags could recycle and just make blocks of plastic for manufacturers of the skins of vehicles Prevents corrosion and hail damage along with fender ding and aa long as the framework isn't damaged zero repair for other stuff thus paint products not being involved cuts down on that type of pollution
I hear a claim that plastic bags have the least environmental impact... I wonder though: Plastic bags end up in the ocean and degrade, causing micro plastics and soiling that extensive habitat and others indirectly. they are used 1 time and thrown out, then 15 more a used the next grocery run and thrown out... multiply this across how many people? What happens to a cloth bag that is used...100....200.... times? If made from cotton or hemp, it can be composted likely. It seems like it does not enter the ocean or depletes a local environment in it's degradation.. So it seems that a higher initial energy input goes into the bags but that the entire life cycle has a smaller impact to the earth and the inhabitants... I don't know for a fact, but that is my logic at this time.. thoughts? I think the big picture view is a good thing to include in this, as you did. I also believe that if people can take an action on one thing, then it is at least one thing. For example, Soda industries et al have an incredible impact to the environment and health of both humans and no humans, directly from the product and manufacturing and long term through pharmaceuticals. Though I may not have the means, or time, to directly impact change there. I can focus on something within my grasp.
Rääpynä: The sad fact of the matter is that some (maybe many) municipalities do not accept plastic bags for recycle because there is virtually no market for them. There is also no market for plastic foam products because both are too costly to transport and reprocess. And since Asian countries will no longer accept our garbage we’re now stuck with it.
Hi, The energy taken by paper and cloth bags may be higher during production. But their impact after use seems lower for whole environment. They don't appear to cause oceanic pollution as much. Your sources seem to be biased.
We can do this guys. For our life and the earth. 1. Less consumption. 2. Live minimalist and simplicity. 3. Reuse what we buy. 4. Being childfree or marriage free. 5. Share this video and this advice to everyone. May you all live happily.
get ready for a whole essay....... 1. Plastic bags make people’s lives easier. Paper bags and cardboard boxes can rip easily and can’t carry things like water or take---out food. Also, plastic bags save trees. 2. Every five seconds, 60,000 plastic bags are used in the United States. Between 500 billion and one trillion bags are used every year throughout the world. That’s a lot of bags. Even though plastic bags were designed to be used for a short time, they last for a very long time-from 10 to 1,000 years! 3. In addition, many bags end up in places where they cause problems, like rivers and oceans. Plastic bags in the water can look like jellyfish. Sea turtles and other marine animals that eat jellyfish may accidentally eat the plastic bags and die. Birds and animals can also get tangled in plastic bags and become unable to fly or swim. 4. Another type of plastic, polystyrene, is used for take---out containers. It is inexpensive and lightweight. It also insulates the food, keeping it warm or cold. Take- --out food in cardboard boxes can spill and make a mess. Polystyrene, though, is strong enough to keep food from spilling. 5. Some people say we should just recycle plastic bags and polystyrene. But plastic breaks down very slowly. This means that there would be mountains of plastic bags and polystyrene that could last for 10 to 1,000 years. 6. Another problem with plastic is that it is made from oil. There is a limited amount of oil, and oil is a valuable resource. One solution is to make stronger and longer--- lasting reusable plastic bags. They won’t blow away and become litter. And because they are thicker, people can use the bags many times. Instead of using two plastic bags, people can use one reusable bag. 7. People need to consider safety, energy use, and many other things before they decide to ban plastics. However, it is clear that adding one trillion plastic bags and thousands of polystyrene containers to our environment every year is a big problem! Source 2: What People Say About: Banning Plastic Bags and Take-out Containers Letter to the Union City Herald 8. I was unhappy to read that our city is considering banning or charging a fee on plastic bags and polystyrene take---out containers. These are hard times, and these fees will add up. 9. Some people call plastic bags “single use” bags, but it’s not like that in my house. We use the bags to line the garbage cans and carry wet swimsuits. We take bags back to the store to be used a second or even a third time. We use some to pick up after our dog, too. 10. We get a lot of use out of plastic bags. When the bags are dirty or ripped, we use them for garbage. If we didn’t get free plastic bags at the store, we’d have to buy them, and just as many would end up in the trash. 11. I don’t think we should ban plastic bags until something better is invented. Will reusable bags really save the world? Have people forgotten that you need resources to make reusable bags and that making the bags cause pollution too? One study done in London found that making cloth reusable bags causes so much pollution that people would need to use a bag 171 times to equal the amount of pollution caused by making one plastic bag. The study also showed that the cloth bags are only used about 51 times! That doesn’t seem like a “green” idea. Let’s think seriously about how much money people save by using free plastic bags and take---out containers. Yours truly, Patti Stevens Source 3: A Letter to an Assemblywoman Dear Assemblywoman Brownley, 12. I am in fifth grade at Carter School, and I’m writing to say I hope you don’t give up on the plastic bag ban. Sometimes people just need time to understand things. They need to learn that it is important to get plastic out of the environment. After all, plastic kills turtles and other wildlife. 13. Why do people complain about bringing bags to the store? They aren’t expensive, and they last a long time. My family just puts the bags back into the car after we use them. That way, they’re always ready to be reused. 14. Our class did some habitat restoration in the wetland near our school. It was pretty disgusting. We found garbage everywhere! Plastic bags were stuck in the bushes, and some were even sticking out of the mud. Take---out food containers were all over, too. This is the animals’ home! How would people feel if someone did that to their home? 15. At first, I didn’t understand why we couldn’t just throw the bags into the garbage or recycle them. But then I learned that a lot of the bags that end up in the wetland were thrown away in the garbage. They just blew away before they could be buried in the landfill. I once had a bag blow away from my picnic table, and I couldn’t catch it. I felt really bad. 16. Many people wonder why more plastic bags and polystyrene isn’t recycled. Recycling plastic isn’t as easy or as profitable as recycling glass or paper. Also, melting or burning plastic can release toxic gases into the air. Many companies do not have the money to recycle plastics, and I wouldn’t want to live near a place with toxic gases. 17. If there is this much plastic bag garbage lying around when I’m ten, how bad will it be when I’m twenty? That’s why I say you need to keep trying to pass a law to ban plastic bags. Thank you for trying, Source 4: What People in Other Countries Say About: Pollution from Plastic Bags 18. In October last year, Thomas Davis was one of 60 children that took a field trip to the River Thames in London, England, to clean up part of the shore. Their field trip was part of Animal Action Week in England. 19. The River Thames is the longest river in England. In London, it rises and falls with the tides. At low tide, the bottom of the river has a colorful carpet of plastic bags. More than 250,000 bags have been removed from the river in the past 10 years. Thomas and his classmates wanted to clean up the litter that harms the animals that live in the water. 20. The students were given rubber boots and gloves to protect them from the mud. They got pretty muddy anyway, but the shore looked better by the end of the morning. In addition, they knew that the sea birds and animals would be safer. 21. “I’m going to be a lot more careful with my plastic (bags),” said Thomas. “I can see now what happens if you leave one on the ground instead of in the (garbage can). It ends up in the river.” 22. One of the parents who went along to help said she was delighted to see that kids were willing to get muddy for a good cause. She said it gave her hope for the future to see that children will work to protect the environment. 23. Later, the class debated the problem. The students knew that people who cared about wildlife wanted to ban the bags. But they also learned that shoppers might want a choice about what kind of bag they can use. And they understood that workers in plastic---bag factories don’t want to lose their jobs. Clearly, the students had a lot to think about! (Not mine)
What else human might have done to elevate him to more neglecting status. Young person comes to groceries and is carrying to the cashier one lemon in plastic, one tomato in plastic and a plastic cups already in plastic bag, after payment..., all 3 items in one plastic shopping bag. I got furious ...
The plastic problem is not the same problem as climate change. You need to be clearer what exactly you mean by environmental impact. Definitely reusing is always the best option anyway.
The latest news that has come out in the debate on plastic bags, is that the stronger reusable bags you can buy for a few cents at Woolies/Coles, or Aldi are also ending up in landfill. Reusable alright. Used for cleaning up dog and cat shit and all other household shit, then thrown in the bin to end up at the local dump. How?, you may well ask. Simple, because when they return to the supermarket, they continually forget to take their reusable bags with them and so buy a heap more for their groceries, which they load into the trolley and wheel the lot out to their vehicles. At home, they carry their bags inside to take out the contents, then these bags join their cousins in the cupboard, and subsequently be then used as rubbish containers and thrown out. Another run to the shops, more bags, and so the cycle is repeated... What people fail to realise is, is *that you don't even need plastic bags at all* . That's right, the easiest and simplest way to overcome using plastic bags, is to use a few plastic crates, be they old milk crates or children's plastic toy crates. At the checkout, you offload the trolley for your items to be scanned, then reload them back to the trolley to be wheeled out to your vehicle, whereupon you transfer the items to your crates. My wife and I have been doing this for years and it just beggars belief that something as simple as this escapes the notice of a lot of people. Return your trolley to it's collection point. Well some do, but most don't. Perhaps Woolies and Coles needs to adopt the tried and true method of Trolley Return that Aldi supermarkets employ. Place a two dollar coin in the slot to unlock the trolley from the others, then retrieve your two dollar coin when you return the trolley to it's holding point. A cost saving to the supermarket as well, as they don't need to employ extra staff to pick up trolleys, or take existing staff away from other duties that leave checkouts unmanned... So come on people, ditch the plastic bags in favor of some sturdy plastic crates to accommodate your shopping...
Basically before u buy anything think that every single item will end up as waste so why buy unnecessary things. Once I learned that waste stays with us in this planet and it could even end up inside out bodies.. I think very hard what I buy.
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What about for those of us who have cats as pets, as we clean out our cats litter box two times and day and we throw out the waste in a plastic bag. That bag cannot be reused ?
I honestly hate the concept of buying plastic bags (ie: paying 10 cents at the supermarket) because i'm going go be reusing it and it supports companies that make plastic bags. Because if you ban plastic bags people are going go have to go to other sources for them, thus plastic bag companies will earn more money
How would plastic bags have less of an environmental impact than paper or cloth, if we're seeing the detrimental degradation of marine ecosystems as a result of microplastics? I think to push for halting the production entirely, and remove them from our additive plastic lifestyles, would be the most effective method.
the hypocritical thing here is , no more plastic bags at the checkout , big brother says , bring your own shopping bags . the thing here is we can still buy plastic bag in shops . so lets have a government with some balls and ban all plastic bags for starters . there are other and better ways to get our shopping home .
So wait there are people who throw away their plastic bags once they get home from the store and don't ever re-use then again? Like you don't have a drawer in your kitchen where you put all you plastic bags so you don't have to buy them again or to use them on your bins? They must have grown up in a rich house
Fra Don't mess with beans I grew up pretty well off (not _rich_ but fairly wealthy) and we always kept our bags. I can't think of any reason not to, other than sheer laziness and a lack of care for the environment.
We keep the bags as well, but the problem is we get many more than we have any possible use for, so most still end up thrown out for us
@@cpufreak101 that shouldn't be a problem if you just use the ones you have instead of getting new ones
@@cosmosisrose we kinda don't, the store staff wouldn't really honor the request anyways as it's easier for them to just use the existing bagging method
Well I recycled all my plastic bags and now use only reusable bags for my shopping. Is that bad?🙄
Clear presentation and a straightforward and fresh point on plastic bag use.
Also I'm interested in the environmental impact of online shopping vs traditional shopping. Which one is greener?
The plastic bag situation is always out of control. Many times I try to shop without having to use them, but not only the stores include them by default, but it is also being employed as an anti-theft security system where if you have your products in bags, they are not stolen.
My parents have been using the same reusable bags for over 25 years and they are still in good condition. I've had my own for about 5 years now and no sign of needing new ones. I also think it's worth mentioning that reusable bags fit many more groceries. Even when doing a large shop with my partner, we usually just carry two bags each. With single use bags, we would probably need at least 4 each Since the cashiers where I live always double bag, that would be about 4 times as many bags each time we would go shopping if we used single use.
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think this is an ameritard thing in europe most people use reusable bags for shopping
That 131 uses is only a grocery trip a week for three years! I've had mine for nearly a decade. I was using a gemline bag twice last week to gather ice and fill a cooler, can't do that with a plastic grocery bag.
I went to ikea and target today and used my own reusable bags 😎😎😎
What about the plastic packaging that envelopes the product? That instantly gets thrown away.
Okay and ?
@@drfusioncraft There is technology that is able to sort and recycle most packaging plastics. (Excluding PVC) There is a plastic recycling facility in Finland, that opened in 2016, that at the moment needs some imported plastic to function, because Finns aren't so used to recycling plastic yet. But that technology could be used in other countries. Someone would just have to invest and start a business.
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I wonder how bad gift bags are as well, my stock pile of them keeps growing every year even though I tell people I don't want presents.
You can use them as folders for magazines. Unless you don't subscribe to or keep any magazines.
Maybe u could donate them somewhere? Like a charity that gives out Christmas gifts to kids in need or something?
Ill take them lmao. jk, but yeah probably really bad
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That was so eye opening.
Every single human needs to follow this channel. The information is so nicely organized.
If, like most ppl, you already have a coton tote bag at home, use that!
@Lana Joy I took this habit really fast when I spent a year in Finland, because each plastic bag was costing 50 cents. It helps to remember ^^ Now, I always have a tote bag and 2 produce bags in my handbag.
This video deserves more views :)
The better option is really to avoid plastics as much as possible. Sadly, biodegradable plastics might not be as biodegradable as you might think. The ''biodegradability'' advertised by companies is mostly (by no means have I read enough papers on this topic to call myself an expert) based on lab studies conducted in controlled environments and under optimal conditions that might never be met in the natural environment. Although they are a greener option because they can at least degrade, their cost of production is higher than for those more ''traditionally produced'' plastics. That cost of production is the reason why the most common types of plastics produced are still petroleum based ones like polyethylene and polypropylene.
Amazing video! Really makes me think about stuff I buy and how I use it.
Just found this channel and i’m hooked. Your vids are eye openers to issues i wish everyone on earth should be aware of and taking action on.
And this is why I reuse my plastic bags to make plarn (it’s plastic yarn look it up) and knit my own tote bag from it. 😁
Love videos about environment, I live in a small country surrounded by countries 50 or more times larger than mine, we must by government do many expensive things to stop polluting the environment as waste separated, everything electric etc. separating plastics for instance a quarter cubic meter a month separated means buying quarter cubic meter for the next month because everything from a blister pack of 5 needles till a online bought dog lease + anti worm pils packaged in a separate plastic blister in a 30 x 30 x 30 box filled with plastic bubble wrap, is packaged in plastic or lined with it , Even if we, all 7.5 billion stop today using plastic, it wil effect the planets environment for thousands of years, even if humanity extincts today.
In the meantime our closest neighbours countries do nothing about the environment burning wood and oil stoves, power plants that burn brown coal etc. Do they ( our government) relay thing that a small country like ours makes a cleaner Earth environment if nobody else does?
nice, i like the reverse at the end. nice touch
Love your videos!😍 Can you make one explaining the debate on the wind turbines because here in Greece a lot of people are against it and say that they really harm the environment. I'm really confused because we have to lower our carbon emissions so as to save the planet and if the renewable energy is debatable, then what??😣
Wind turbines contain some metals in them called rare earth elemants that are not only unbelievably harmful to the environment, but just so to the workers extracting them. However, cars and as I understand many other machines that make atomic power plants etc. work also contain rare earth elements (I wouldn't stake my life on this). Hence, they still are the better choice, especially when looking at climate change.
Please, please do a video comparing different activewear brands (ie Under Armour, Nike, Puma, Adidas, Reebok, etc)!!!
I'm from Jamaica and at the beginning of january our Government placed a ban on plastic straws, the importation of Styrofoam boxes used for food and single use plastic bags so when we go to the store we get paper bags or clothe bags. i think this is a good step in taking of the environment.
Great video and great information.. I reuse plastic bags in many different ways.. I now use them sealing items and wrapping items around the house and work place..
what if everyone was convinced of using one cloth bag for 5 years ? will that be good
I would imagine so. Ideally, they would search for a cloth bag in their closet or ask a friend for an extra and use that for the next 5 years. Cloth bags are not necessarily bad, they just shouldn't be bought new, used once, and then left in a drawer to gather dust. Part of the reason why plastic bags are such a target is that they are so easy to throw away.
Yeah, that's what I thought - 131 times for clothes bag is actually not that much. I'm sure I've already used mine more times than that.
I'm american, I can just about fit my milk in one of those. My family uses 6 to 10 reusable bags, so one bag isnt going to work for some of us.
Actually I think I said something stupid earlier. I agree we should all use cloth bags, but get them from thrift stores instead of buying them new. That way the damage is already done and instead of hurting everything more you can use the bag multiple times until it's been used enough. Plus it is WAY cheaper. I did this and I can carry most of my food items in there, however I live in america and the produce is super large so I end up using Plastic bags anyway. I'm happy I can cut down on bags but I do want to do more.
@may day But most people will if they are given such an item.
In Australia there is only 1 state that has no sing-use plastic bag ban and all 4 major grocery store chains no longer use single-use plastic bags, instead opting for thicker reusable plastic bags that cost 15 cents each
I feel like now people are just throwing away thicker plastic bags - even if you do reuse them a few times. The plastic bag lobby sim this somehow.
Also screw styrofoam
Yeah, I got take out kebab the other day, and was surprised to see it in styrofoam, like they still use this? So I'm not going to have take out there anymore, unless it's pizza, I'm going to eat in.
@@raapyna8544 can't you bring your own Tupperware and tell them to put it in that?
There are bugs that can eat styrofoam (mealworms)
www.popsci.com/mealworms-can-safely-devour-plastics/
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In the old days (before plastic bags became so commonplace), people were more resourceful and less wasteful. Cardboard boxes were often reused to put your groceries in, fish was wrapped in newspaper and bags were often made of straw or paper.
Whenever I go food shopping, I take a cardboard box off the shelves to put my shopping in. I will then repurpose some of the boxes to be used as parcels.
Informative video thank you.
Very good info. THanks!
producing high quality plastic bags in pricing and quality standards that could possibly replace paper bags and cloth bags therefore making them more reusable can eliminate the cost that paper and cloth bags production hold. open to thoughts about this
So how do plastic get to the ocean? I throw mine in recycling bin. So do companies throw their plastics in the oceans or am I missing something ?
Recycling plastics is very difficult and not always effective. Much of the garbage sent to be recycled is not recyclable so it ends up in a landfill anyways. Garbage can blow away into the ocean or rivers that flow into the ocean when in transport to the landfills. Litter also ends up in the ocean.
@@laurenheath2521 thank you, I've been thinking about for a while and you have explained it nicely.
But it's especially hard when you have to beg the cashier not to put it in a plastic bag. I think it's good if there was a rule in place that you have to pay 10ct for every plastic bag like in Chicago. But yes, it's just a little thing to the enviroment, nothing to celebrate yourself.
Simon Kraemer I’m a cashier and every cashier hates using paper or re usable bags so deal w plastic bags
@@mikebaker5563 Or you just let everyone pack their groceries on their own. I'm used to do that anyway. Is it your job to pack everything in (plastic) bags, anyway?0
@@mikebaker5563 I work cashier as well. It can be a pain, but that doesn't mean we dont take the extra step to help our planet and stop plastic pollution. Plus, a lot of people are perfectly fine bagging their own stuff in their reusable bags. Even if not, we suck it up. If you work as a cashier, then you know how many plastic bags we go through. That should be enough to persuade you to stop using plastic, too.
Mike Baker what are you talking about? i’m a cashier here and i’m extra happy to pack someone groceries using their reusable bag instead of plastic thinking they just gonna throw it away right after they went home. I’m absolutely DISGUSTED when people ask for double bag when it’s totally unnecessary , like where do you work girl???
My family always use re usable eco friendly bags
I've been using the same reusable cloth bags for over 5 years now. The only damage to them has been a few straps/handles break and we've just sewed them back up. While 130 times seems like a lot they can definitely handle that amount and far exceed it if you put in even a minimal amount of effort. We need to go back to fixing things. Even using things until they are broken isn't enough.
Another Danish study found you'll need to use a cotton bag 15000 times compared to a single use plastic bag.
I find the part with the 100 companies totally unnecessary. Some of these companies have millions of households as customers. You could alternatively have 100.000 companies with fewer customers creating even more pollution.
No you couldn't, because those 100 companies are enough to create 71 percent of the world's CO2 emissions.
So there is only 29 % left for smaller companies.
The Danish study you reference actually arrived at the same conclusion; about 150 uses of an organic cotton sack to break even with regards to its impact towards **climate change**. Only 52 times if it's conventional cotton. However, the study looked at many other areas of ecological impact, hence the different numbers. They found that you would need to re-use an organic cotton bag something like 20,000 times to break even with the impact to ozone depletion (7100 for conventional cotton). This is the highest area of impact by a wide margin. Removing this category, you would only need to re-use a conventional cotton bag 50-1400 times to break even in all other categories (or 150-3800 for organic cotton), which is very realistic.
@@raapyna8544 he means you could break those 100 companies up in to 100000 smaller companies and get the same result
but that misses the point that those 100 (or 100000) companies have all the profits from all the exploitation of the planet and therefor should be obligated to pony up some of that cash.
We do appreciate your job.
Well described
Love your vids, inspiring
We need to take care of the earth more, guys. We are humans - the people who mostly live on earth than other beings. Please throw away the litter that you see and do it even though it's not your trash. Please take care of the earth. "If you want an environment, you got to work for it" -Anonymous.
Thank you for this video ♥️
I easily can say I have used my cloth-bag over 131 times. And as a side effect I am not responsible for microplastics floating around in the oceans equivalent to 131+ plastic bags.
Now, can we please start to discuss the fact that most groceries you buy are somehow wrapped in plastics? Like, even cereal boxes (cardboard) have plastic bags inside them to hold the cereals. And don't get me startet on noodles, rice, lentils etc. Or my favourite: plastic-vacuumed glass bottles (I've seen this with sauces and sake).
Wait, plastic wrapped glass bottles? That is the *stupidest* thing I’ve ever heard of.
Very interesting video OCC!
Hi, loves this video, It would be nice to know, what the impact of a fabric bag is. Just to compare. Love new knowledge.
I've seen RUclips tutorials where you can make your own re-useable bag by just ironing and cutting plastic bags if you already have some.
You should link that video
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Whats. About lays packet, biscuits double packaging, etc
True! 💯
What about heavy duty plastic bags meant for reusing over and over again? We personally use a few of those and never had to replace one for years
great job
Amazing insights!
I hate how people don’t use plastic bags once
Love the video and I support the Patreon! But I'd like to hear more about the effects of microplastics in the ocean ending up in fish, in our food systems, in our bodies, etc. and the unknown health effects of this? Surely the story of microplastics does not stop in the ocean gyres...
The first person yo invent a cheap and thin natural alternative to plastic bags will be an instant millionair
Good job
Your presentations are worth watching and details. I will need your assistance on a project ...I will contact you.
If I correctly read the study, they assumed on the paper bag was nothing printed. If I would opt for them, they would have huge amounts of green ink on it. (Never got 'em though to check the ink they used.)
it was really helpfull for me
People live in a building use plastic bags to wrap garbage, that’ s why it is desirable.
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What film was that shot from where the man said 'One word, son, are you listening? Plastics."?
The Graduate
What about using old curtains, t-shirts or jeans to make cloth bags? I made some that way. Before I knew they had environmental impact, I also boufht some, but me and my family will use them forever, so it's fine.
very interesting, thank you !!
It should start at the production level. Company's should switch to using compostable bags so that people would eventually use environment friendly options.
Make plastic bags expensive. It's worth it and it can tell people "Get your own bag to avoid buying this plastic trash!"
I know there's a few areas of the US that charge an extra fee for each plastic bag used, and these areas see a lot more people bringing reusables.
I know about making plastic bags more pricey, so we can implement it nationwide.
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My teacher gave me the link of this video!!!!!
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I reuse them as trash bags for kitchen and bathroom bins
It's beautiful.
Here in California, stores don't give you plastic bags. You have to buy them. I always bring my reusable bags when I go shopping. Thee plastic bags I do have, I reuse them for other things. Jeez, people really throw away bags after using them once?
I thought it would be better to use paper or cotton bags to avoid plastic waste even though it might use a little more energy. The extra energy usage seems small while plastic would leach into our environment and be impossible to get out.
131 uses of a cloth bag does not sound mind-boggling to me at all.
Bamboo is tough and sustainable?
Do most of the bags really end up in the ocean? Don't many (if not most) end up in landfill?
The ones that end up in landfills.( Garage dumps) leech chemicals into the ground
it does not matter, both scenarios should and can be avoided
It was very important for me
If they came up with something that went viral on how to hack about getting along without plastic and paper bags, people wouldn't be using them.
But they have you pay for them, so they stay around.
And thinking of what the manufacturer and all the processes in the making of plastic bags could do instead of focusing on plastic would help.
But I am sold on making car skins out of plastic instead of metal.
So maybe all these manufacturers of plastic bags could recycle and just make blocks of plastic for manufacturers of the skins of vehicles
Prevents corrosion and hail damage along with fender ding and aa long as the framework isn't damaged zero repair for other stuff thus paint products not being involved cuts down on that type of pollution
Brought to you by a tree hugger, that didnt want trees cut down to make paper bags.
Cloth is best, not reusable plastic bags. This is because torn cloth is much more easily repaired, and decomposed at the end of life.
Is PLA any better?
I hear a claim that plastic bags have the least environmental impact... I wonder though:
Plastic bags end up in the ocean and degrade, causing micro plastics and soiling that extensive habitat and others indirectly. they are used 1 time and thrown out, then 15 more a used the next grocery run and thrown out... multiply this across how many people?
What happens to a cloth bag that is used...100....200.... times?
If made from cotton or hemp, it can be composted likely. It seems like it does not enter the ocean or depletes a local environment in it's degradation.. So it seems that a higher initial energy input goes into the bags but that the entire life cycle has a smaller impact to the earth and the inhabitants...
I don't know for a fact, but that is my logic at this time.. thoughts?
I think the big picture view is a good thing to include in this, as you did. I also believe that if people can take an action on one thing, then it is at least one thing. For example, Soda industries et al have an incredible impact to the environment and health of both humans and no humans, directly from the product and manufacturing and long term through pharmaceuticals. Though I may not have the means, or time, to directly impact change there. I can focus on something within my grasp.
Can we please get biodegradable bags? It’s 2019
They exist, they're just not as cheap as pure plastic bags yet
There are recycled plastic bags, that take 15% of the energy needed for making virgin plastic bags.
But they require that people recycle.
Rääpynä: The sad fact of the matter is that some (maybe many) municipalities do not accept plastic bags for recycle because there is virtually no market for them. There is also no market for plastic foam products because both are too costly to transport and reprocess. And since Asian countries will no longer accept our garbage we’re now stuck with it.
Hi, The energy taken by paper and cloth bags may be higher during production. But their impact after use seems lower for whole environment. They don't appear to cause oceanic pollution as much.
Your sources seem to be biased.
We can do this guys.
For our life and the earth.
1. Less consumption.
2. Live minimalist and simplicity.
3. Reuse what we buy.
4. Being childfree or marriage free.
5. Share this video and this advice to everyone.
May you all live happily.
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get ready for a whole essay.......
1. Plastic bags make people’s lives easier. Paper bags and cardboard boxes can rip easily
and can’t carry things like water or take---out food. Also, plastic bags save trees.
2. Every five seconds, 60,000 plastic bags are used in the United States. Between 500
billion and one trillion bags are used every year throughout the world. That’s a lot of
bags. Even though plastic bags were designed to be used for a short time, they last
for a very long time-from 10 to 1,000 years!
3. In addition, many bags end up in places where they cause problems, like rivers and
oceans. Plastic bags in the water can look like jellyfish. Sea turtles and other marine
animals that eat jellyfish may accidentally eat the plastic bags and die. Birds and
animals can also get tangled in plastic bags and become unable to fly or swim.
4. Another type of plastic, polystyrene, is used for take---out containers. It is
inexpensive and lightweight. It also insulates the food, keeping it warm or cold. Take-
--out food in cardboard boxes can spill and make a mess. Polystyrene, though, is
strong enough to keep food from spilling.
5. Some people say we should just recycle plastic bags and polystyrene. But plastic
breaks down very slowly. This means that there would be mountains of plastic bags
and polystyrene that could last for 10 to 1,000 years.
6. Another problem with plastic is that it is made from oil. There is a limited amount of
oil, and oil is a valuable resource. One solution is to make stronger and longer---
lasting reusable plastic bags. They won’t blow away and become litter. And because
they are thicker, people can use the bags many times. Instead of using two plastic
bags, people can use one reusable bag.
7. People need to consider safety, energy use, and many other things before they
decide to ban plastics. However, it is clear that adding one trillion plastic bags and
thousands of polystyrene containers to our environment every year is a big problem!
Source 2: What People Say About: Banning Plastic Bags and Take-out
Containers
Letter to the Union City Herald
8. I was unhappy to read that our city is considering banning or charging a fee on plastic
bags and polystyrene take---out containers. These are hard times, and these fees will
add up.
9. Some people call plastic bags “single use” bags, but it’s not like that in my house. We
use the bags to line the garbage cans and carry wet swimsuits. We take bags back to
the store to be used a second or even a third time. We use some to pick up after our
dog, too.
10. We get a lot of use out of plastic bags. When the bags are dirty or ripped, we use
them for garbage. If we didn’t get free plastic bags at the store, we’d have to buy
them, and just as many would end up in the trash.
11. I don’t think we should ban plastic bags until something better is invented. Will
reusable bags really save the world? Have people forgotten that you need resources
to make reusable bags and that making the bags cause pollution too? One study done
in London found that making cloth reusable bags causes so much pollution that
people would need to use a bag 171 times to equal the amount of pollution caused by
making one plastic bag. The study also showed that the cloth bags are only used
about 51 times! That doesn’t seem like a “green” idea. Let’s think seriously about how
much money people save by using free plastic bags and take---out containers.
Yours truly,
Patti Stevens
Source 3: A Letter to an Assemblywoman
Dear Assemblywoman Brownley,
12. I am in fifth grade at Carter School, and I’m writing to say I hope you don’t give up
on the plastic bag ban. Sometimes people just need time to understand things. They
need to learn that it is important to get plastic out of the environment. After all,
plastic kills turtles and other wildlife.
13. Why do people complain about bringing bags to the store? They aren’t expensive,
and they last a long time. My family just puts the bags back into the car after we use
them. That way, they’re always ready to be reused.
14. Our class did some habitat restoration in the wetland near our school. It was pretty
disgusting. We found garbage everywhere! Plastic bags were stuck in the bushes, and
some were even sticking out of the mud. Take---out food containers were all over,
too. This is the animals’ home! How would people feel if someone did that to their
home?
15. At first, I didn’t understand why we couldn’t just throw the bags into the garbage or
recycle them. But then I learned that a lot of the bags that end up in the wetland
were thrown away in the garbage. They just blew away before they could be buried
in the landfill. I once had a bag blow away from my picnic table, and I couldn’t catch
it. I felt really bad.
16. Many people wonder why more plastic bags and polystyrene isn’t recycled.
Recycling plastic isn’t as easy or as profitable as recycling glass or paper. Also,
melting or burning plastic can release toxic gases into the air. Many companies do
not have the money to recycle plastics, and I wouldn’t want to live near a place with
toxic gases.
17. If there is this much plastic bag garbage lying around when I’m ten, how bad will it
be when I’m twenty? That’s why I say you need to keep trying to pass a law to ban
plastic bags.
Thank you for trying,
Source 4: What People in Other Countries Say About: Pollution from Plastic
Bags
18. In October last year, Thomas Davis was one of 60 children that took a field trip to
the River Thames in London, England, to clean up part of the shore. Their field trip
was part of Animal Action Week in England.
19. The River Thames is the longest river in England. In London, it rises and falls with the
tides. At low tide, the bottom of the river has a colorful carpet of plastic bags. More
than 250,000 bags have been removed from the river in the past 10 years. Thomas
and his classmates wanted to clean up the litter that harms the animals that live in
the water.
20. The students were given rubber boots and gloves to protect them from the mud.
They got pretty muddy anyway, but the shore looked better by the end of the
morning. In addition, they knew that the sea birds and animals would be safer.
21. “I’m going to be a lot more careful with my plastic (bags),” said Thomas. “I can see
now what happens if you leave one on the ground instead of in the (garbage can). It
ends up in the river.”
22. One of the parents who went along to help said she was delighted to see that kids
were willing to get muddy for a good cause. She said it gave her hope for the future
to see that children will work to protect the environment.
23. Later, the class debated the problem. The students knew that people who cared
about wildlife wanted to ban the bags. But they also learned that shoppers might
want a choice about what kind of bag they can use. And they understood that
workers in plastic---bag factories don’t want to lose their jobs. Clearly, the students
had a lot to think about!
(Not mine)
What else human might have done to elevate him to more neglecting status. Young person comes to groceries and is carrying to the cashier one lemon in plastic, one tomato in plastic and a plastic cups already in plastic bag, after payment..., all 3 items in one plastic shopping bag. I got furious ...
The plastic problem is not the same problem as climate change. You need to be clearer what exactly you mean by environmental impact. Definitely reusing is always the best option anyway.
We should have a global pick up litter day in January!
The latest news that has come out in the debate on plastic bags, is that the stronger reusable bags you can buy for a few cents at Woolies/Coles, or Aldi are also ending up in landfill. Reusable alright. Used for cleaning up dog and cat shit and all other household shit, then thrown in the bin to end up at the local dump. How?, you may well ask. Simple, because when they return to the supermarket, they continually forget to take their reusable bags with them and so buy a heap more for their groceries, which they load into the trolley and wheel the lot out to their vehicles. At home, they carry their bags inside to take out the contents, then these bags join their cousins in the cupboard, and subsequently be then used as rubbish containers and thrown out. Another run to the shops, more bags, and so the cycle is repeated...
What people fail to realise is, is *that you don't even need plastic bags at all* . That's right, the easiest and simplest way to overcome using plastic bags, is to use a few plastic crates, be they old milk crates or children's plastic toy crates. At the checkout, you offload the trolley for your items to be scanned, then reload them back to the trolley to be wheeled out to your vehicle, whereupon you transfer the items to your crates. My wife and I have been doing this for years and it just beggars belief that something as simple as this escapes the notice of a lot of people. Return your trolley to it's collection point. Well some do, but most don't. Perhaps Woolies and Coles needs to adopt the tried and true method of Trolley Return that Aldi supermarkets employ. Place a two dollar coin in the slot to unlock the trolley from the others, then retrieve your two dollar coin when you return the trolley to it's holding point. A cost saving to the supermarket as well, as they don't need to employ extra staff to pick up trolleys, or take existing staff away from other duties that leave checkouts unmanned...
So come on people, ditch the plastic bags in favor of some sturdy plastic crates to accommodate your shopping...
Basically before u buy anything think that every single item will end up as waste so why buy unnecessary things. Once I learned that waste stays with us in this planet and it could even end up inside out bodies.. I think very hard what I buy.
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What about for those of us who have cats as pets, as we clean out our cats litter box two times and day and we throw out the waste in a plastic bag. That bag cannot be reused ?
This video only deals with energy comparisons. What about the increasingly understood effects of plastic in biological systems?
I honestly hate the concept of buying plastic bags (ie: paying 10 cents at the supermarket) because i'm going go be reusing it and it supports companies that make plastic bags. Because if you ban plastic bags people are going go have to go to other sources for them, thus plastic bag companies will earn more money
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The last video is from a korean supermarket
My grandma has 2 cloth bags and only uses them
How would plastic bags have less of an environmental impact than paper or cloth, if we're seeing the detrimental degradation of marine ecosystems as a result of microplastics? I think to push for halting the production entirely, and remove them from our additive plastic lifestyles, would be the most effective method.
How do frozen bags effect
the hypocritical thing here is , no more plastic bags at the checkout , big brother says , bring your own shopping bags . the thing here is we can still buy plastic bag in shops . so lets have a government with some balls and ban all plastic bags for starters . there are other and better ways to get our shopping home .
I think you are underestimating the trash impact of plastic bags post use.
I wish I could talk like this
Plastic bag or plastic bag? I'm in interest.
explain about plants, please
If you take old shirts to make bags out of you are way ahead