What is plastic bags?
Traditional plastic bag are usually made from polythylene, its a type of thin flexible plastic film. Plastic bags are for carrying goods like food, powders, magazines, clothes and waste. It's a more common type of package.
Why is there no more single use of plastic bags?
Sing-use plastic shopping bags are banned in New Zealand from 1 July 2019. Business cannot provide you with single-use bags. The ban will help reduce the amount of plastic in our environment.
How does plastic bags effect climate change?
Sunlight and heat melt the plastic to release strong greenhouse gasses, making the environment worst and toxic. As our Climate changes. the planet gets hotter, the plastic breaks down into more methane and ethylene, increasing the rate of climate change, and so perpetuating the cycle, plastic takes forever to breakdown which makes animals to eat it and die.
How are plastic bags made?
Manufactured and composition traditional plastic bags are made from polythene , which consists of long chains ethylene monomers. Ethylene is derived from natural gas and petroleum. Plastic shopping bags are commonly manufactured by blown film extrusion.
Alternatives to plastic bags:
- Wool bags (homemade or shops)
- Kete (flax bags)
- Baskets
- Bio degradable bags
- School bags
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