| When was the last time you gave any thought to | | | | animals to breathe and at times they have also been |
| the plastic bags you bring home from the | | | | known to cause floods. When plastic bags are left in |
| supermarket or the corner store? They are just | | | | the water, the water animals often mistake them for |
| insignificant things to be used to carry your groceries | | | | food and sometimes have to pay for this mistake |
| and other shopping and then to be discarded when | | | | with their lives. |
| you are done with them. Why pay any attention to | | | | In lieu of the environmental hazard posed by the |
| these plastic shopping bags, right? Well, if you knew | | | | plastic bags, many countries are taking steps to |
| the kind of impact those bags could make on the | | | | reduce their consumption. Ireland decided to tax |
| future of the world perhaps you would think about it | | | | these bags and this resulted in 90 per cent reduction |
| a little more carefully and maybe make a change for | | | | in their use. Some other countries have banned |
| the better as a result. If you were to switch to using | | | | cheaper, thinner plastic bags, hoping that prohibitive |
| natural palm shopping baskets, you would be | | | | cost of the thicker bags would discourage people |
| contributing in a great way by supporting the | | | | from using them. Many other nations are |
| environment and ensuring a cleaner, greener | | | | contemplating complete bans on plastic bags. |
| tomorrow for the generations to come. | | | | Every person on the Earth should feel a responsibility |
| The shopping bags we most commonly see are | | | | to minimise their use of these plastic bags. There are |
| made of plastic and are not biodegradable. This | | | | many environment-friendly options you can opt for. |
| means that these plastic bags are not disintegrated | | | | One of the best would be to switch to using natural |
| by the environment and lie polluting the environment | | | | palm shopping baskets. They are tough, long lasting, |
| long after they have served their purpose. When | | | | re-usable and biodegradable. These baskets are |
| they finally do breakdown toxic components make | | | | manufactured in an eco-friendly atmosphere and they |
| their way into the ground and therefore into our | | | | are a very good, if not better, alternative to plastics. |
| ecosystems. | | | | Palm shopping baskets can be washed and cleaned |
| Plastic bags are sometimes consumed by land animals | | | | easily and thus they can be used time and again. |
| that mistake the plastic bags for food. They cannot | | | | They are strong yet light and so they can be used |
| be digested by the animals and can prove to be fatal | | | | to carry quite heavy items. These shopping baskets |
| for them. When they are left on the ground, they | | | | can be disposed of easily when you feel you have |
| also interfere with the growth of plants. Thus they | | | | used them sufficiently. Palm shopping baskets are |
| deteriorate both the flora and fauna of the earth. | | | | definitely not costly if you consider the kind of |
| Often plastic bags find their way into drains and they | | | | benefits you can derive from them. Hence, shun |
| pollute the water. These baskets clog the | | | | plastic shopping bags right away and go green by |
| waterways, they do not let air in for the water | | | | opting for palm shopping baskets, today! |