How’s the situation now after plastic limit policy?
At this time two years ago, Kenya in Africa started what is called the most stringent plastic bag limit policy in the world, hoping to completely solve the problem of the proliferation of plastic bags in the local area. After two years, has such a policy really worked?
In the case of strict implementation of plastic restrictions, the use of plastic bags has indeed been drastically reduced, while the alternative plan is to increase the use of cotton bags and paper bags. The Danish study compares the environmental performance of LDPE bags with other bags. It is assumed that the LDPE bags will be reused once before incineration to have a cumulative impact on the environment, including water and energy. Cotton bags must be reused thousands of times in order to be equivalent to one-time used plastic bag. Replacing plastic bags with paper bags can also have harmful effects, such as increasing deforestation, and making paper bags requires more energy and water than plastic bags. The European Union also recently discovered that if banning the use of single-use plastics will increase paper usage, it will replace one huge environmental problem with another.
In short, the most terrible waste is one-time use. Many experts suggest that no matter what kind of bag you choose, try not to buy new ones. No matter what you have at home, don't throw them away. Continue to use them until you can't use them; At the same time, we can continue to promote the recycling mechanism of waste materials, so that plastics can achieve maximum efficacy without posing a threat to the earth.
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