As the fight against plastic intensifies, alternatives have come into the market in the form of cute cotton tote bags adorned with environmentally friendly puns, becoming a trend and an aesthetic for social media. Yet the impact of these so-called plastic alternatives is debatable.
As the fight against plastic intensifies, alternatives have come into the market in the form of cute cotton tote bags adorned with environmentally friendly puns, becoming a trend and an aesthetic for social media.Dr Lize Barclay, Senior Lecturer in Futures Studies and Systems Thinking at Stellenbosch University Business School, says it is projected that you must use a cotton tote 7 100 times before you equal the ‘footprint’ of one plastic bag.
International Plastic Bag Free Day aims to raise awareness of the dangers of the native effects of plastic pollution, especially plastic bags, motivating people and institutes to embrace sustainable alternatives and combat the detrimental effects of plastic pollution. ‘As plastic bags degrade, various toxic substances are released into the soil, air and water, clumping together and blocking drainage which intensifies flooding and the breakout of mosquitoes and disease. Plastic harms wildlife and disrupts ecosystems, threatening all life on earth, including humans.’
‘The Zero Waste Movement, from a consumer perspective, focuses on an aspirational personal limit of creating zero waste. We can all follow their five Rs as an upside-down pyramid.’ Find all the various bags scattered throughout your home and in your boot and put them in the kitchen.
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