{"id":18,"date":"2011-06-15T23:09:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2011-06-15T23:10:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T23:10:02","slug":"single-use-plastic-bags-ban-or-become-biodegradable-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=18","title":{"rendered":"Single Use Plastic Bags: Ban or Become Biodegradable?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you are well versed in the single use plastic bag debacle or if you are just hearing about it, action needs to be taken to prevent these breed of bags from causing any more damage. Many countries and cities have either banned single use plastic bags completely<\/a> or have placed a tax on the plastic bag<\/a>. Getting rid of these plastic bags entirely makes sense for environmental issues but whats happening in response is cross contamination<\/a>, and the waste of reusable bags as well. What if we had biodegradable single use plastic bags<\/a> that were also recyclable, a new start for the single use earth friendly plastic bag. ENSO<\/a> has the technology to create single use biodegradable & recyclable plastic bags<\/a>, Why not take advantage of this?- Megan Bentley<\/p>\n

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This is an interesting article that inspired this blog, Make sure to give it a read there is a lot of great information!<\/p>\n

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Countries That Have Banned Plastic Bags<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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We all know how terrible plastic bags are for the environment<\/strong><\/a>\u2014they choke wildlife, they don\u2019t break down in landfills (or in oceans), they add to our demand for oil, and they aren\u2019t easy to recycle<\/strong><\/a>, which is the biggest reason why 90 percent of plastic bags in the U.S. are not recycled.<\/p>\n

Yet an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide every year\u2014380 billion of those in the U.S.\u2014and governments have been slow-moving at best to do anything about them.<\/p>\n

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Starting January 1, 2011, single-use non-biodegradable plastic bags will be outlawed in Italy<\/strong>. And while plenty of questions remain about the ban\u2019s rules and efficacy, it\u2019s a considerable leap, seeing as how Italy uses 25% of all the plastic <\/strong><\/a>bags in Europe \u2014 around 25 billion a year.<\/p>\n

Neighboring Bulgaria<\/strong>\u2018s move to impose a tax on plastic bags as of July 1, 2011, as reported in the Sophia Echo is only the latest attempt across Eastern Europe and the Middle East to discourage the use of disposable bags.<\/p>\n

The nascent Environment Ministry in Syria <\/strong>\u2013 where an estimated 15 million bags are consumed each day just Damascus and the area around in the capital \u2014 has distributed fabric and paper bags<\/strong><\/a> to markets as part of a campaign to get people to just say \u201cno\u201d to plastic bags. While paper bags are not particularly environmentally friendly in their manufacture, they pose less of a danger to animals.<\/p>\n

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In the United Arab Emirates<\/strong>, dead camels have been found with lumps of plastic in their stomach weighing up to 30 kilograms \u2014 the equivalent of 4,000 plastic bags. According to the UAE\u2019s Ministry of Environment and Water, which plans to ban plastic bags in the UAE by 2012, 85 percent of emirate residents \u201csay they have heard or read about the detrimental effects of plastic bags<\/strong><\/a>, but fewer than half do anything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turkey <\/strong>is also taking slow steps toward breaking the plastic-bag habit, though they have not been without some implementation troubles. The Kad\u0131k\u00f6y district of Istanbul was praised last year for being the first municipality in Turkey to ban plastic bags.<\/p>\n

In California<\/strong>, the ban started in San Francisco<\/strong> in select stores; if pending legislation goes through, it could soon expand to all stores not only in the city, but in the entire state. A similar ban exists in coastal North Carolina and was recently passed in Portland.<\/p>\n

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In 2007, Modbury <\/strong>became the first town to ban the plastic bag in Britain<\/strong>, where 13 billion plastic bags are given away every year. If customers forget to bring their own, reports the Times Online, \u201ca range of bags made of recycled cotton with organic and fairtrade certification will be available from \u00a31.50 to \u00a33.95 and cheaper paper and biodegradeable cornstarch bags will cost 5p and 10p.\u201d Other cities have followed suit, some just a few months ago, and there are efforts to make London <\/strong>plastic bag-free by the time the Olympics come around in 2010. According to the Daily Mail, \u201cLondoners use 1.6billion plastic bags a year \u2013 for an average of just 20 minutes per bag.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mexico City<\/strong> adopted a ban last summer\u2014the second major city in the western hemisphere to do so.<\/p>\n

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India <\/strong>seems to be taking the lead in bans on plastic bags, although enforcement is sometimes questionable. Cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Karwar, Tirumala, Vasco, Rajasthan all have a ban on the bag.<\/p>\n

A ban went into effect (with little notice) in Rangoon, Burma<\/strong>, late last year.<\/p>\n

In neighboring China<\/strong>, the use of plastic bags is restricted.<\/p>\n

Plastic bags have been banned in Bangladesh <\/strong>since 2002, after being found to be responsible for the 1988 and 1998 floods that submerged most of the country.<\/p>\n

Rwanda <\/strong>is the country, which has had a ban on plastic bags for years, has a reputation for being one of the cleanest nations not only on the continent, but in the world.<\/p>\n

Sydney\u2019s Oyster Bay was the first Australian suburb to ban plastic bags. Twelve towns in Australia <\/strong>are now said to be plastic bag-free\u2014an effort to cut down on the estimated 6.7 billion plastic bags used in Australia every year.<\/p>\n

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