Tuesday, May 08, 2012

The Plastic Bags Threat

The open garbage disposal system had led to a situation in which animals were ingesting plastic bags often used to throw away edible waste. The ingestion of plastic from plastic bags chokes the stomach of cows. Apart from the plastic completely choking the digestive system of the cow and causing excruciating pain to the animal, the plastic residues enter the human food chain through dairy and animal products. 

“All the drains in the country are getting choked due to plastic wastes. Unless you demand a mechanism to put a ban on the use of plastics, it is not going to help. Our next generation is sitting on consequences greater than the atomic bomb. You are fighting with greed. One’s greed is taking a toll on others,” the bench said
Deccan Herald: Plastic bags bigger threat than atom bomb: SC

2 comments:

nizhal yoddha said...

i agree -- this is possibly the number one threat to the environment.

yet one more reason why we gotta get off oil.

san said...

Maybe something has to be added to the bag's material in order to repel animals from eating it. Either that, or make a completely edible bag.