An adult person used an average of 2 to 3 plastic bags in their daily routine. The lifetime of each plastic bag is more than 2000 years. During this lifetime each plastic bag while slow decomposition emits methane and ethylene. Methane warms the planet up to 86 times more than the rate of carbon. Apart from it, modern research found that people eat five grams of microplastic and Nano plastic every week. Once microplastic inhale it can damage human cells, lung failure, dialysis issues, breast cancer, and many other diseases in human life. Plastic bag creates many problems in life. It can affect human life, animal life, and marine life, and most importantly it is a basic contributor to climate change and global warming. Therefore, the vision of Lokou Trading Company private limited is to reduce the usage of plastic bags by introducing alternatives like biodegradable bags, paper bags, cloth bags, water-soluble bags, and nonwoven bags to support the clean and green mission of the Government of Pakistan. Apart from it, microplastic reached our polar ice which can damage our basic source of drinking water. It can also cause retreated glaciers in the northern region of Pakistan. Microplastic also considers a basic contributor to global warming and climate change. Following serious effects of plastic bags causing Environment pollution.
- Plastic bags kill around 100,000 animals annually—many animals including whales, dolphins, and turtles.
- Plastic bags are non-biodegradable plastic that can take up to 2000 years to completely decompose which means you will never live to see the decomposition of the plastic.
- Plastic made from petroleum products can consume up to 100 million barrels of oil from the world’s petroleum resources.
- Plastic bags expose children to lung complications according to the world health organization when pregnant women are exposed to high concentrations of phthalates and BPA, which are chemical compounds, found in plastic, they may give birth to children with lungs problem.
- Plastic bag chemicals can affects reproduction in women and it can increase the risk of prostate cancer in men.
- Plastic bags increase the pollution of groundwater and plastic pollution disrupts the natural food chain.
- According to modern research by 2050, the oceans will have more plastic waste than fish worldwide.
- Plastic food storage packages have toxic chemicals
- Massive accumulations of plastic bags block the drainage system.
- Plastic bags are the main cause of the great pacific Garbage patch.
- The death ratio of plats increases yearly only microplastic is the cause of this problem
- Soil pollution and landfill Problems are also associated with microplastic products
- Microplastic and Nano plastic are reached our polar ice and damage our natural source of drinking water
- Microplastic causes the retreating of natural glaciers and also cause land erosion and flooding in a mountainous region.
- Unpredictable rain and snowfall are also caused be micro and Nano plastic particles.