The plastic bag

Recently there has been so much talk on the plastic bag. Usually it's all about how they damage the environment.

It's been known for a long time that plastic bags can harm and even kill animals, because they can suffocate them. They are also a danger to young children for the same reason.

According to this article by The Daily Mail, plastic bags are affecting animals every where. When they swallow the bags, it ends up making them starve and they die a slow and painful death. Because of these deaths, many people are calling for a ban of plastic bags in the UK.

A village in South Devon has become the first to ban plastic bags completely. They have their own limited edition Modbury bag, which is now a collectors item. So if a little village can switch over to re-usable bags, can the rest of us?

To be honest, I don't think it matters if we can or not. I'm just so surprised that they haven't tried to find a way of recycling plastic bags. I always keep some plastic bags in my room for my little bin and I think it's a great way of re-using them, but I can't keep every single one given to me in my room; I'd end up with nothing else in it.

Conserve India have thought up a good way to use plastic bags. They use creativity to make them into fashion bags and accessories. What's more, they're even trying to help people in poor communities.

Let me know what you think about this. Could you be bothered to pay for a re-usable plastic bag? Can you re-use the free plastic bags? Do you think it's worth switching?

Bloody brilliant!

Did you know that when Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince came out, eco-groups in America wanted it boy-cotted because it wasn't made on recycled paper?

Other countries like Canada, Britain, Italy and Germany have committed themselves to publishing the books with recycled paper.

Is it just me, or is America adding to our environmental problems yet again?

Are you going to be an eco-town?

Check out this BBC article and see if your town or city is going to become one of the new eco-towns!

Don't do it!

I've just read a disturbing article on the BBC about South African elephants being culled because of surging populations.

There was a halt on elephant culling in 1995 in South Africa, but they have brought it back because the numbers of the creatures have doubled. The Government in SA say the culling will only be used in strict conditions.

In my opinion, I don't think the elephants should be killed, just like seals shouldn't be beaten in Canada. It's barbaric and wouldn't be acceptable in human society if the same was done to a human; it's called murder!

The article mentions something about contraception being used; I wish they would use it. These elephants should be looked after and managed in a reasonable way, not killed because they do what it natural; reproduce.

I hope someone or something stops these killings, before we become too used to slaughtering innocent animals, and maybe in the future, humans.