Ban Plastic Bags!
Date: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
To: Prime Minister John Key
I have a complaint about plastic bags. I think that it should be banned, because in one year there are over 1 billion plastic bags that are being used in New Zealand. A lot of the plastic bags don’t even get recycled.
New Zealand is also known as a green country. That means keeping the environment clean is important. Once the plastic bags have been used and no longer wanted, a lot of people want to get rid of the plastic bags. A plastic bag floating in the air can lead to the roads, trees, sea and rivers.
Did you know when the plastic bags leads to the sea and rivers it can kill sea creatures? Such as turtles, sea lions and much more. To turtles they think that the plastic bag that are jellyfish surfing through the sea. So they attempt to eat the plastic bags, because to them they think it’s a jellyfish. Then the poor turtles choke on the plastic bag and die.
The wind will blow the plastic bags. Unfortunately the plastic bags will get stuck on the branches of the tree. Sadly some birds get caught in the plastic bags and gets trapped or hurt.
Instead of selling plastic bags, change them into paper bags or cloth bags just like in other countries. So that people can still use them over and over again (recycling).
As a Prime Minister what are you going to do about it?
Yours sincerely
Helen
Point England School
Hi Helen! My name is Julie and I am in a class called EDM310. I was assigned to your blog by my teacher Dr. Strange. I really enjoyed reading your blog. I think it is wonderful how passionate you are about this subject. Have you tried talking to local stores and sharing your concerns with them? You could also try getting a group together for a "clean-up" day to help prevent harm to animals that you spoke of in your post. One piece of advice I would like to share with you is the importance of links in your blog. By adding links to your blog it will help the reader to better understand the subject that you are writing about. Good luck on your journey to end plastic bags in stores!
ReplyDeleteThank you Julie
DeleteYou have great ideas for me. I will try them out.
Thanks for the comment.