The pollution caused by plastic bags is 70% more than paper bags. These non-biodegradable plastics are dumped in water bodies and ends up polluting them to irreparable levels. Thousands of sea animals die every year as they end up eating these toxic bags mistaking them for sea food. These plastic bags also photo-degrade and contaminate soil and water. In addition, they enter the food chain when animals ingest the food mistakenly. Finally, they end up on your table when you consume their meat. In many of such water bodies, measures are taken for purification and it adds to the additional cost which is not beneficial at all.
Recycling of plastic bags reduces the disposed waste by the process of recycling causes a lot of air pollution. Hence instead of cooperating for recycling, it is even more beneficial if it could be avoided. Manufacturing of these bags do not cause much pollution and hence do not cause damage to the environmen