Main hazards of garbage bags

The plastic bags that people use for daily shopping are mostly made of petroleum, and due to the large amount of use, the waste of resources and environmental pollution caused are astonishing. Plastic bags buried underground take about 200 years to rot and seriously pollute the soil; If incineration treatment is adopted, it will generate harmful smoke and toxic gases, causing long-term environmental pollution.
China uses 1 billion plastic bags to buy vegetables every day, while the usage of other types of plastic bags exceeds 2 billion per day. Beijing wastes 2.3 billion plastic bags every year, generating 140000 tons of waste plastic packaging waste, accounting for 3% of the total household waste. Shanghai produces 190000 tons of waste plastic packaging waste annually, accounting for 7% of the total domestic waste. Tianjin also produces over 100000 tons of waste plastic packaging waste every year. The plastic bags given by shopping malls are mainly non degradable, and if used as garbage bags, it will seriously harm the environment.