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Recently, a ban on plastic bags has been imposed in many places? Is the ban justified?


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Reason to justify plastic ban:

  1. Plastic is referred to as non-biodegradable waste.
  2. Non-biodegradable waste is the waste that cannot be decomposed by natural decomposers and remains as sediment in nature.
  3. As humans discard plastic in rivers and seas as waste, it leads to damage and disturbs marine and aquatic life.
  4. Choking of drainage systems due to improper disposal of plastic is the biggest problem nowadays.
  5. If not discarded properly it chokes the drainage system causing problems.
  6. Due to improper disposal, Animals may eat plastics from garbage which can be lethal to them.
  7. It can cause severe hazardous biota present on earth.
  8. They also lead to increase solid waste problems.
  9. Hence, the Plastic ban in many places is justified.

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