Strong with 'white pollution'

A very familiar item, nylon bags, is a serious environmental catastrophe, so much so that the European Commission (EC) has to adopt a separate proposal to prevent this threat.

Speaking at a November 4 press conference in Brussels (Belgium), the European Commissioner for Environment J. Botocnik said it would take many measures to tackle environmental problems, which are serious, due to pockets. nylon cause. It is expected that EU member states will be forced to adopt measures to reduce the consumption of nylon bags with straps of less than 50 micrometers, and may increase taxes applicable to objects that adversely affect the environment. , as well as tighten trade regulations on the domestic market.

For a long time, nylon bags have become familiar in the daily life of the community. With the advantages of durable, strong, convenient and low cost, nylon bags, especially ultra-thin bags, are popularly used and almost everywhere, from small stores to supermarkets and big shopping centers. However, the abuse of nylon bags has led to a disaster that environmental experts call 'white pollution'.

Nylon bags flooded in landfills

First of all, nylon bags cause harms from the production stage because of the use of petroleum and gas inputs, so in the production process, CO2 will be produced to increase the greenhouse effect, promote global climate change. The process of making nylon bags also requires additives such as plasticizer, heavy metal, color . These are extremely toxic to human health and living environment.

In addition, it takes hundreds of years to thousands of years to disintegrate completely when nylon bags are released into the environment. Its existence in the environment will seriously affect the soil and water because nylon bags prevent oxygen from passing through the soil, causing soil erosion, making the soil degraded, not porous, poor in nutrients. Nylon bags are made of pure petroleum, so when buried, they will create emissions with toxic substances dioxins and fura causing poisoning, endocrine effects, causing cancer, reducing immunity, digestive dysfunction. and birth defects in young children.

The danger is that the size of nylon bags in the world is startling. Just give a few statistics: Europe uses nearly 100 billion nylon bags each year; every year, the United States consumes 12 million barrels of crude oil to produce about 100 billion plastic bags; Every minute, the world has over 1 million nylon bags used. Meanwhile, to completely decompose, each nylon bag needs an average of 500 years.

Recognizing the harmful effects of nylon bags on the environment and public health, many countries around the world have strong solutions to solve this problem such as: Issuing a ban on the production of nylon bags that are difficult to decompose, Heavy taxation on nylon bag production has been applied in China, England, Switzerland, South Africa, Denmark and some US states . In addition, these countries also require consumers to pay Buy nylon bags when shopping to encourage people to reuse nylon bags or use eco-friendly bags.

With the EC adopting a strong measure of nylon bags, the continent hopes to reduce the amount of nylon bags used by up to 80%.