Stop using plastic

Going to a hyper market and buying groceries is a routine and a weekly ritual. However, after buying the necessary items we get poly bags that are reused as dustbin bags.

I know of some small families who prefer to purchase dustbin bags separately. I have nothing against those innocent biodegradable plastic bags, or against their manufacturers. I am just questioning their intention behind producing an otherwise impeachable utilitarian article.

When I see a family of four that chooses not to bring their own reusable fabric shopping bag to buy groceries and pick up dustbin bags, it makes me see a very small decision leading to unnecessary demand for plastic.

Are these bags a status symbol? Do you think guests at a dinner party would feel weird dumping trash into a plastic bag compared to a black garbage bag?

Plastics ultimately make their way to rivers, seas and oceans, dangerously damaging them. Single-use plastics disintegrate into micro plastics that are potentially hazardous. We as a technologically advanced progressive society are knowingly and unknowingly threatening our future generations.

Now, let us not start here with recently discovered plastic eating enzymes. History is a witness to the fact that one thing always leads to another and the vicious cycle just doesn’t stop. Just by recycling and reusing products, we can bring about a big change. People of all walks of life can make an effort.