Geog 125 Blog
1) What is one local effect or impact of plastic bag waste you observed in the video tha t you didn’t know about, hadn’t thought about before, or just found particularly interesting? One effect of plastic bag waste I observed from the video was that how plastic bags have transformed global landscapes into 'plastic deserts', where these bags can take from four hundred years to over a thousand years to break down, and even then, will often end up polluting the area they are breaking down into. 2) Choose one specific way--one that you found compelling or promising--in which people in the video were attempting to manage or solve this local effect or impact and describe it briefly. Global efforts are moving to go against plastic bags, like in India where the Anti-plastic bag police squad rigorously enforce bans on thin single use bags. Along with legislation worldwide are successfully reducing plastic bag use. 3) How do you think we should deal wi...