Plastic bags have significant negative environmental impacts. International statistics estimate that 500 billion plastic bags are used worldwide each year, but only 1% are recycled. Plastic bags can take hundreds of years to decompose and release toxic chemicals. They pollute oceans and land by entangling and being ingested by animals. Alternatives to reduce plastic bag usage include encouraging reusable bags, imposing taxes on plastic bag production, and creating more recycling programs.

1. HASSAN DERGHAAM
IMPACT OF PLASTIC
BAGS

2. What is plastic?
Plastic material is being made ​​through multiple processes are mainly
dependent on the oil can also be produced using natural gas and
coal as raw material and is a plastic accounted for 4 percent of the
oil products.
International Statistics estimates that the equivalent of 500 billion
plastic bags are used annually in all countries of the world
Cost is cheap and diverse manufacturing capabilities in addition to
the energy savings during manufacture as it requires making plastic
bags to 40% less energy than you need bags made ​​of paper
Was manufactured for the first time in 1937
And does not recycle only 1% of them
Types :
-a thin light-weight bags that are used in shops and bakeries and
markets.
- a thick bags that are commonly used in the packaging of global
product quality.

3. The main negative effects are as
follows:
Interaction with hot meals and a starting material that causes cancer-
causing dioxin.
And remain in the environment for years without making decomposition
plastic bags the most important factor in the contamination of open
spaces
Sticking with trees and plants can block light from some parts of the
plant, causing the failure to complete the process of photosynthesis.
Plastic bags are manufactured from polyethylene which is one of the
urinary times, which is a long chain of carbon and hydrogen
atoms, since you need the environment to hundreds of years to
dismantle these links naturally.
Plastic Bag PollutionVideo http://youtu.be/u6FcqI_ByY8

4. The cattle and cows eating plastic bags encountered during grazing and
also the outstanding trees that animals exposed to disease and death.
Lead to a fertile environment for parasites pathogens due to their
ability to float above the surface of the water for a long time.
When the dust to bury the plastic bags that lead to the formation of cysts
insulating layer separates the soil and rainwater book in the upper part of
the soil and prevent the arrival of water and fertilizers needed to the bottom
of the soil.
Presence and spread in coastal areas poses a threat to sea birds, as well
as fish and sea turtles.
In the case of burning them in places from which will be assembled
chlorine oxides, carbon and other gaseous compounds and acids and
many toxic compounds harmful to human health and cause a lot of
diseases.
The use of plastic bottles to save food full of water will lead to the
transmission of degradable plastics and toxic substances that cause
cancer to the body.
100 000 animal spends a result of ingestion of plastic bags

5. Alternatives available to prevent this damage
1- The first step is awareness of the potential harm from the use of
plastic.
2 - to encourage the replacement of plastic bags and paper sacks using
nylon bags for several times if possible because that will ease the
demand for them and therefore will stop production.
3- reduce the use of rationing during use and production can be done
through the imposition of high taxes or fees on their production.
4 - Create recycling factories.

6. Reference:-
http://www.alwasatnews.com/2976/news/read/495464/1.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Help-Save-the-Environment
Recycle and save the environment
http://www.startimes.com/?t=26559819
Videos on youtube :-
Plastic Bag Pollution http://youtu.be/u6FcqI_ByY8
The Impact of Plastic Bags http://youtu.be/eeBuHqomufk
PLASTIC BAG http://youtu.be/YDBtCb61Sd4
Unbelievable Facts About Plastic
Shopping Bags http://youtu.be/MpYVAodyHY8