The problem is that people are using ziploc bags instead of reusable containers. You may think, "Oh, but it's not a big deal". But it is, because 160,000 plastic bags are used around the whole world in one second! But there is a solution.
The solution is to use reusable containers and reusable bags. This solution works because you can easily buy reusable containers and bags. It’s helpful because imagine if your whole community used reusable containers and bags. Imagine how much 1-use plastic bags you would reduce. Now imagine your community. Imagine how many plastic bags you use in a day. Think of what you need to change.
One way that you can help is to teach other people about how plastic bags hurt the earth. It may not seem like much but imagine if you teach one person about how plastic bags hurt the earth. Then that one person could teach another person. Then that person could help another person. It could go on and on like this. Of course people might not want to teach that plastic bags harm the earth. That’s where you come in. If you teach them well, then they might want to make a difference.
Another way you can help is to REFUSE buying plastic. You can do that by not using the 1-use bags that they give you at the grocery. Instead of using zip lock bags buy reusable bags and containers.
You may be laughing right now because it’s so simple. You also may be wondering why you didn’t do this before. You may think that you never should have walked past those reusable bags. You may think that you were hurting the earth so much and you don’t care about the earth. But that’s not true, because you might not have known that before this day.
But now you know you should make sure that you get some reusable bags and containers!