why do governor banned plastic bags?

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Plastic is non-biodegradable in nature. Plastic bags are banned just because they cause harmful effects in the environment. If plastic bags gets stuck in the soil after being discarded, it does not allow water to seep in as it is waterproof. If it gets entangled in the root tips of plants, it chokes them and does not allow them to absorb necessary nutrients form the soil. Ingesting it is very harmful for animals, as it can cause cancer. It carries the spores of various harmful microorganisms on it's surface and spreads them into the atmosphere. Due to it's non biodegradability, it stays in the soil and continues to poison it with toxic byproducts that keep leaching from it.

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Question 19

Recently, a ban on plastic bags has been imposed in many places. Is the ban justified? Give reasons in three sentences.

Statement: Should there be a total ban on use of plastic bags?

Arguments:

I. No, instead the thickness of plastic bags, which can be used without much damage to the environment, should be specified.

II. Yes, use of plastic bags causes various problems like water pollution and water logging and hence, it is necessary to ban it.

If plastic bags are only 5 percent of our garbage, should it be banned?

if plastics are bad for us and our environment than why plastic is not banned in our country like the other countries?

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