Blog Post on Laws and Ethics

Plastic Bag Ban
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-plastic-bag-ban_us_581919c3e4b07c97c1c533e7
http://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/plastic-bag-legislation.aspx


Somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. In 2002, Bangladesh became the first country to ban plastic bags. The problem with plastic bags is that they do not biodegrade in landfills and pose a danger to many marine mammals.Thin plastic bags are now banned in South Africa and thicker ones are taxed. Similar laws exit in many other countries.

In the United States, most states continues to consider strategies to reduce the use of carryout plastic bags from grocery stores and other retail outlets. Between 2015 and 2016 at least 77 bills have been proposed by 23 states regarding the regulation of plastic bags in retails in the U.S. There are alot of places where these bags are completely banned and promote reusable and compostable sacks. According to Natural Resource Defense Council, the plastic bags used annually in the United States require about 12 million barrels of oil to produce. Paper bags require about 14 million trees.

I agree that laws like this should be introduced in all parts of world. But in some parts bans exits, stills retails can sell these bags that is weird. So I would like to add King's saying, "how can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others" He said there are two kinds of laws; there are just and there are unjust laws. He acclaimed that "An unjust law is no law at all". So I just wanted to say that if government wanted to implement laws like this, these laws should be just. Like, if you ban on plastic bags then what is purpose of selling it? Just making money.