Quote:
Originally Posted by Besoeker
Quite so. It is the fault of the people who discard them. But if there were none to discard none would be discarded.
|
And possibly the people who allegedly threw away plastic bags creating the mess in the tree (in the picture you posted earlier to this thread) would just throw paper bags away instead. Paper bags made from having to use more land space to grow trees instead of food at this time when there are reports of food shortages.
It seems to me much more sensible to stick with using plastic bags (made from a petrochemical by-product which would otherwise go to waste) and finding ways to persuade those who throw them away in the street not to do so.
Why should millions of people lose their chance of free plastic bags after spending Pounds in a supermarket just because a few people allegedly do not know how to dispose of plastic bags correctly?
Land should be used not for growing trees to make paper bags to replace plastic bags - but to grow food and for growth of crops for biofuel.
By the way, I have not come across any plastic bags in the street around here or in trees. Bu in some localities I have noticed litter made from paper blowing around in the gutter and/or on the pavements.