Small Steps to save Earth
Recently, eco-bags have been popular as a fashion item in Korea, and they
have been loved by lots of people until now. This eco-bag’s appearance started
at a purpose of reducing use of plastic bag. However, it is true that the amount
of Korea’s plastic bag consumption is much more than other European countries. According
to one survey searching for the amount of plastic bag consumption per person a
year, in comparison to 70 pieces in Germany, 120 pieces in Spain, in Korea, one
person uses 300 pieces of plastic bags a year in generally, which is four and a
half times more than Germany, and three times more tan Spain. By reducing the use
of plastic products like plastic bag, people can save crude oil, prevent
ecosystem from destruction, and protect endangered species.
Reducing the use of plastic products is directly related to saving significant
amount of oil. Indeed, plastic product production demands using a lot of crude
oil. To make one piece of plastic bag, 18.3ml of oil are needed. Among
whole production of crude oil, 8 percent is used for making disposable
plastic. Especially, in the way that Korea only relys on import to have a crude oil, decline
of using plastic products is economical. Another reason to reduce using plastic products is it helps to prevent environment from severe destruction. When people need to bury them in the ground, it takes 10 through 20 years, sometimes more than a hundred year to be rotten naturally. Then, how about burning them? When plastic products are burned, they emit a vast of Category1 carcinogens, which induces not only terrible destruction in ecosystem, but also skin diseases or respiratory diseases to human body. For example, one of the emission ‘dioxin’, is sort of pesticide, ensues both water and soil pollution as well as fatal to human. Dioxin is famous for its use in Vietnam War in the past.
Finally, reducing use of plastic bags can protect endangered species on earth. Plastic products production gives off a lot of CO2, results in global warming that causes ascending of average temperature. Increasing temperature devastates many kinds of animals’ inhabitancies. For instance, as the thawing of Arctic ice caps by global warming, the range of hunting areas which are available for polar bears decreases. As a result, the number of polar bears has constantly decreased from 2004 to 2010-from 1600 to 900.
Decreasing the use of plastic products is a good way to ensure a sustainable future because it saves oil, prevents environment destruction, and protects endangered animals. Using eco-bag instead of plastic bag seems very small step, but it is important to take care of our earth continuously. By using less plastic products, we can ensure the earth’s health and protect many endangered species at the same time.
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