It’s funny, I never thought I would use the environment as a rationale to bitch about those hated plastic bags, but upon reflection, it really is an environmental issue. So many bags used for takeaway drinks on a daily basis, thrown away into the rubbish bins, the street sides, and the river channels of Malaysia.
Let’s not (yet) talk about the inconvenience of sipping a hot drink through a small hole in a plastic bag, or the inconvenience of trying to carry them around. Let’s look at the environmental damage these bags do. Think about the number of years these particular bags take to biodegrade, that is, break down and become useful nutrients or simple dust; and compare that to the paper cups used elsewhere.
Image: Plastic Pollution - GOODMORPH
Ok, I’m not advocating paper cups as the perfect environmental solution, but they do break down faster than plastic bags, and they are so much easier to hold. They are easy to reuse -- how many of us refill a plastic bag with water when we need some from our office kitchen?
The time is here to look at the environment and start thinking more carefully about what we do and what we use. Then in turn, it helps those of us live with out creature comforts and overcome the annoyance of trying to drive and drink whilst holding a moving plastic bag.
Save the environment and save me from irritation at the same time.
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