One of the more common things in life is the paper bag. Before people started using paper bags, plastic bags were very popular at the time, and although they provided people with convenience, they could have a serious impact on the human environment.
Plastic bags have a low recycling value, and in addition to being scattered on city streets, in tourist areas, in bodies of water, and on both sides of roads and railways causing "visual pollution" pollution, they also have a potential hazard.
Plastic is structurally stable and not easily degraded by natural micro-organisms, and does not separate in the natural environment over time. This means that waste plastic, if not recycled, will become a permanent and cumulative pollutant in the environment and can be extremely harmful.
Not only does waste plastic landfill take up a lot of land, but the land that is taken up is not restored for a long time, affecting the sustainable use of the land. Waste plastic products that go into household waste do not degrade if they are landfilled for 200 years.
It is extremely harmful to the land, changing its pH and affecting the absorption of nutrients and water by crops, leading to reduced agricultural yields. As for plastic products abandoned in water or on land, they not only affect the environment but can lead to death if swallowed passively. This upsets the ecological balance.
Plastic reduction policies continue to intensify in Europe and the United States and elsewhere. The European Union recently announced that it will recycle or reuse plastic packaging by 2030, but most European countries are currently only at the level of voluntary reduction by consumers.
In France, plastic restrictions were upgraded earlier this year and all cosmetics containing plastic particles will be removed from shelves, while plastic cotton swabs and disposable plastic tableware will be banned from 2020.
As people become more environmentally conscious, many people are using eco-friendly paper bags. Eco-friendly paper bags are more than just a category of paper bags, their main feature is that they are environmentally friendly, reusable, and easily degradable.
For plastic bags, environmentally friendly paper bags are thicker and less prone to breakage. As plastic bags are consumables, they are discarded after normal use, which results in a waste of resources.
Eco-friendly paper bags are easily degradable and can be reused and recycled at a high rate, which can completely replace the use of plastic bags.