Polybags
The use and production of polybags do a great deal of harm to our environment and drainage system and to air, water and soil. In our country, thousands of pieces of polythene are being used everyday. This huge amount of polythene is neither being re-used nor being decomposed in a natural way. Most of the bags are just thrown out after its first use. They find their way into the drains. Then the polybags block our drainage system, barricade regular flow of water, obstruct the rainwater flowing into the drains etc. As a result low-lying areas in the cities frequently go under water. Flood occurs every now and then. Whenever, these polybags go inside the cultivable land, it loses fertility and crops do not grow in such lands. Polybags remain unchanged like a curtain through which nothing can pass.
Polybags are burnt to get rid of their direct effect but smoke emitting from poly-fire pollutes our air in a massive way. Such pollution is very harmful for human health. Because of large-scale use of polythene our traditional jute and cloth bags have lost their market. Jute and cloth bags can be used several times whereas polybags are used only once. So polybags are a waste of money.
So, the government should make sure that polybags are not used in any form.
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