Since the use of polybags has become so rampant in our day-to-day life, it is impossible to go back to non-plastic era. Today, the plastic menace has spread from cities to small towns and villages. They are "Garbage Forever".
(i) What are the harmful effects of using polybags ?
(ii) In your opinion, what steps should be taken to solve this problem ?

Explanation

(i) Polybags being non-biodegradable choke our sewerage and drainage system. The stray cattle are often seen feeding on heaps of garbage dumped in these polybags (for being useless, solid, non-biodegradable material).
(ii) Following steps if taken, can help to solve the problem to a great extent :
(a) Carry household items/groceries in paper, jute and cloth bags.
(b) To minimise the use of plastic voluntarily and not by coercion.
(c). Door-to-door collection of garbage and segregation of biodegradable and non biodegradable waste material at the collection point to ensure safe disposal later.
(d) Urgent need to educate people on environmental and health risks posed by plastic bags to animals.
(e) Production of biodegradable plastic bags by mixing cellulose, during their/manufacturing.