Ever wondered where that convenience-store plastic bag goes?
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There are tonnes of plastic floating around in the world’s oceans - between 5 million and 14 million tonnes, to be imprecise - and more than half of it comes from just five countries. Those countries are China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vie
I’ve just come back from Vietnam, where there is no plastic-bag pollution like here. Myanmar has none. Why are we so lazy and ignorant to think that everything has to be wrapped in plastic? Convenience stores, supermarkets and food vendors hand out this disposable, one-use plastic like it’s some kind of contest. Plastic bags and styrofoam should be banned completely. How will I live without them, you might ask? The same way the rest of the world does: responsibly.
Karl Stanford
