Monday, April 28, 2014

Plastic Bags

It can be argued that plastic bags are convenient or cruel.  Perhaps they are both.  What do you think:
Should we ban plastic bags? 
Provide three detailed reasons for your opinion, and two reasons that someone might disagree with you.

24 comments:

  1. I think that we should ban plastic bags.I think that we should ban plastic bags because they kill sea animals.They are also bad for the environment.Last of all they pollute the Earth. People can disagree with my argument because plastic bags are much cheaper than paper bags.Plastic bags also carry less germs than reusable bags

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  2. I think plastic because its easier to get stuff out of the bag, see if you forgot something, and its easier to hold.
    someone might dissagree with me because they might say paper is stronger or..put more stuff into it.

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  3. I think they SHOULD be banned, because they are really dangerous to kids and can kill kids by suffocating them. Also when you throw away or liter plastic bags it will go to the ocean and kill so many marine animals. That's why I go for paper bags. Sure they are ripping easily but they are less harmful to marine animals and kids. Some people can disagree, because lots of people like plastic bags. It's a good way to hold your groceries and things.Also lots of people dont like paper bags because like i said they break.

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  4. Yes, we should ban plastic bags because it's bad for our environment.
    It's also bad for the pollution and for animals.
    Many animals sufficate from these plastic bags,and die.
    They're also expensive at stores.

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  5. I think they should band plastic bags because one people litter a lot and the bags end up in the ocean causing animals to think its food and them chocking on the plastic bags.Second, the factory's pollute the air while making the bags.Third of all if you burn the plastic bags that also pollutes the air.
    People might disagree because one, the bags are strong and don't break easily. second You're not using tree's

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  6. I think that you should use paper bags because...1. plastic causes polution. 2. it holds more than plastic bags. 3. paper bags are more durable then plastic bags. Two arguments that i could use agents mine is 1. it is more convenient and 2. they dont use trees.

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  7. Plastic bags should not be banned. They do not tear as easily as paper bags, so they don't break and drop all of your groceries. Despite paper bags being recyclable, they still hurt the environment because factories release gas and smoke when they make paper bags. Plastic bags also can carry more so that you don't have to use as many plastic bags as paper bags. I know that some people can say that plastic bags are bad for the environment because they are not recyclable, and some can say that thay can hurt or kill some sea animals.

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  8. I think that plastic bags are convenient because paper bags are so big for kids to pick up. Also paper bags can rip so easliy and they don't have the stores name on them. Also I think that their bad for the enviorment because your chopping down trees for them.

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    1. I think that paper bags are convenient because paper bags are so big for kids to pick up. Also paper bags can rip so easily and they don't have the stores name on them. Also I think that their bad for the enviorment because your chopping down treea for them. Plastic bags are also bad for the enviorment. Also paper bags have more space in the bag.

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  9. I don't think we should banded plastic bags cause there much easier to carry if you don't have a car you if you are a kid and you mite want to walk to the store with your friends and you didn't bring a bag so you have to use one from the store. but if you are carrying a paper bag that woulde much harder to carry when you are walking to the bus or back to where you live. so that is why i don't think you should bande plastic bags.

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    1. I know that people would bande them cause they can kill or suffact people. but that doen't mean that you have ot bande them just cause of those reasson plastic bags are dangerous to some peole but not all people. i get that people don't like that they sometimes get plactic bags when they buy food for the store and when they go shopping for chlothes and shoes sometimes the bags are plactic ans somtime they are paper.but that is my reasson on why i don't think you shoude bande plastic bags.

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  10. I don't think we shouldn't ban plastic bags because they are stronger and more reliable than paper bags. Plastic bags also have more reliable handles because they are lesslikely to break. You can also reuse plastic bags.

    Someone else might think that we should ban plastic bags because when a plastic bag gets blown into the ocean, a fish might mistake it as food and eat it which may cause the fish to die. And not everyone reuses plastic bags; some people just throw it away or even throw it outside where the wind will blow it from place to place and it will be bad for the envirnment.

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  11. i don't think plastic bags should be banned because they are more stronger then paper bags. also the plastic bags have the hand thing where you can hold your bag in an easier way then paper bags. paper bags usually dont last as long as blastic bags because paper bags can get wet and rip earier.
    someone might disagree with me because plastic bags can kill some sea creatures.also others might disagree with me that plastic bags are better to carry they might think that for them paper bags are easier to carry.

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  12. I think we should ban plastic bags because they can kill marine life. The plastic bags are blown out to sea, and the fish and birds can be strangled and can also swallow the plastic bags. Another thing is that they never disappear. It takes an EXTREMELY long time for the bags to disintegrate, and even after they have, they still leave tiny pieces of plastic behind. Lastly, the plastic can get into our food source. Whenever any kind of animal (not limited to marine life) eats food that has had bits of plastic in it, then we eat the animal, we could end up eating the plastic as well.

    For two reasons against, one could be that paper bags are processed using wood chips and chemicals, which are bad for the environment.Also, another bad thing is that if you used canvas or fabric bags, they could hold dangerous bacteria.

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  13. 1 no because plastic bags can hold hevey thing's 2 people use it more 3 and you can use it more because if something spils in a paper bag you can not use it and some one might disagree because they hold more stuff,and their recycle

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  14. No. Because paper and plastic bags, can be reused for shopping, garbage cans, Halloween trick-or treat bags, and much more. Second, paper and plastic bags are easy to recycle and make new things with. And lastly, paper and plastic bags are sometimes really strong, and that is great if you need to take out something really heavy, or if you have a lot of something. One thing people might use as a argument against me, would be that, making paper bags uses a lot of energy and can use a lot of trees and other materials. a second argument could be that, paper and plastic bags can be more expensive than other bags, both by money, and the time it takes to make one.

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  15. I think that we should ban plastic bags because they are killing our wildlife like when whales eat them thinking they are jelly fish and stuff like that. Another reason why we should ban plastic bags is that we dont need them. We can still live without plastic bags because we have reusable bags and paper bags. The third reason why I think that we should ban plastic bags is people just throw them on the street or some place. That is considered littering and it's bad for our Earth. A reason why someone might disagree with me is that you can use plastic bags for carrrying garbage or something nasty around instead of using your bare hands. Another reason why someone might disagree with me is plastic bags can be stronger than reusable bags or paper bags.

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  16. Wants plastic bags: I say we use plastic bags, the reason for my thinking is how it doesn't break after 3 or 4 items. Another reason is how you can reuse it, like putting it in a box like some people do at home, so it saves money.
    Doesn't want plastic bags: My reasons for not wanting plastic, although the plastic doesn't break after 3 or 4 items paper bags do help the environment, like how sea animals eat the plastic and die.you may say it saves money and all but what about the planet?

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  17. I think that we should ban plastic bags because when it flys into the ocean its causing the animals to think it as food and it sufficates them. You should also ban plastic bags because when you burn it, its very bad for our environment. People can disagree with my argument because you're not wasting trees, and it doesnt break easily while holding heavy objects.

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  18. I think they should band plastic bags because they are bad for the environment and paper bags are also bad for the environment because they are bad for trees.
    Some people like plastic better than paper because plastic is stronger than paper, so they might want to keep plastic bags.

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  19. I am thinking that we shouldn't ban plastic bags, my reasons for that is because we are not using much trees up by reusing them. When you bag your things up in the plastic bag it wont break easily, like the paper bag. A paper bag is weaker than a plastic bag, a plastic bag is stronger than an paper bag.Putting 3-5 cans in a paper bag it will break easier, but if you put the same amount of cans in the plastic bag it ownt rip or tear as easy as the paper bag. My thoughts for not wanting plastic bags, paper bags save you a lot of money, than plastic bags. Another thought is that paper bags help our earth a lot because there are some sea cretures who eat plastic that goes cin the water where they live, and it's not healthy for them. Those are my reasons for why plastic bags shouldn't be banned, and why they should.

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  20. I don't have a side but I think they should and they shouldn't be. For the first reason is because they are easy to carry and some people reuse them. And the reason they should be ban them is because they kill sea animals.

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  21. I think we should use plastic bags because...
    1. Not wasting trees (tree+axe+machine=paper)
    2. Better place to hold on to
    3. Better size for kids to pick up
    Reasons for not using plastic bags are...
    1. Chemicals used to make the bag
    2. They sometimes end up in the ocean and hurt sea creatures.

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  22. 1.plastic bags should not be band for ever
    2. plastic bags should never be band from the world
    3. plastic bags need to stay in the world

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