Polythene bags
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Garbage containing nearly 80 percent used plastic bags has become a major problem along the 840 miles of California coastline. Authorities are processing a bill to impose a ban on the single-use of plastic bags by grocery stores, pharmacies, etc. If the bill is passed in the Senate, paper bags will be given to the customers by shops at a cost of minimum five cents per bag. And most of these bags will be recycled. Good move indeed! In Bangladesh, use of polythene bags was banned a few years ago but poly-bags in a different form are still in use widely. If good sense could be perpetuated among the people through motivational campaign, creating awareness about the hazardous effect of polythene bags on our environment, the people will themselves quit using polythene bags. Paper bags are good alternative to plastic and polythene bags. We can also increase the use of jute bags which are environment friendly. California and other states in the United States can introduce jute bags and they can import jute bags from Bangladesh.
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