a. What are some of the potential benefits of charging fees for and/or banning plastic bags? b. What are some of the potential drawbacks of such programs?

raising as much as $10 million a year for the depleted budget of the Environmental Protection Department. and they think it could change people behavior, also people will use less bags because they have to pay for them. It will caused environmental damage by increasing the use of paper bags.

c. Which benefits and drawbacks seem the most compelling? Why?
The complaining is that they increase the charging for the plastic bags because it will increase the use of paper bags.

d. Would you support a local law charging fees for (or banning) plastic bags? Why or why not?
I will support a charring for feeds because it wouldn’t be that much money besides I know I’m helping because people will reduce using plastic bags.

1. Do you agree with this new law? Why or why not?
I do agree with the law, it maybe not be the mayor problem but we have to start with some of the problems.the bad thing is some people will lose their job.

2. What has been done so far?
They have to change their plastic bags and the industries have over a year to adapt to the new technology.

3. What needs to be done to enforce such a law?
Change all bags to biodegradable plastic bags and the plastic bags companies produce new biodegradable bags.

4. What campaigns would you suggest?
I will suggest a camping of none usage of bags,example in Costco they don’t give bags and you have to carry your stuff on the supermarket cars. they could also start camping of recycling plastic bags but special cans were you but every plastic bag you found.

I. Why are plastic bags so common?
Plastic bags are so cheap to produce, sturdy, plentiful, easy to carry and store that they have captured at least 80 percent of the grocery and convenience store market since they were introduced a quarter century ago
. II. In what other ways is plastic used?
high demand from companies such as Trex in Winchester, Virginia, for use in building materials.
III. What are the benefits of plastic bags?
Compared to paper grocery bags, plastic grocery bags consume 40 percent less energy, generate 80 percent less solid waste, produce 70 percent fewer atmospheric emissions, and release up to 94 percent fewer waterborne wastes, according to the federation and they are cheap.
IV. What are the dangers of plastic bags?
500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. Of those, millions end up in the litter stream outside of landfills—estimates range from less than one to three percent of the bags. millions of the plastic bags end up as litter. they also destroys the habitat were animals life like turtles.
.V. What has been done so far?
reused as book and lunch bags as kids head off to school, as trash can liners, and to pickup Fido's droppings off the lawn."
VI. Has it been successful? Why or why not?
It hasn’t been very successful because because they still very much plastic bags that are not recycled and they don’t seem to end.
IX. Industry based in Washington, D.C., said the right choice between paper or plastic bags is clearly plastic.