Summary Of Bag Ban Bad For Freedom And Environment

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In “Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and Environment,” Adam B. Summers builds an argument for his audience by using facts and evidence, as well as appeals to emotion to persuade them that plastic shopping bags should not be banned. In the passage, Mr. Summers uses several examples and pieces of evidence to support his argument about plastic bags. In paragraph 2, he states that the proposed bill to ban plastic shopping bags would have “prohibited grocery stores and convenience stores with at least $2 million in gross annual sales. from providing single use plastic or paper bags.” He then argues that there is a need for some reasoning and perspective change, as the normal debates “devolve” into “emotional pleas.” In paragraph 4, he states “the most common …show more content…

He goes on to quote that plastic bags “produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions, require 70% less energy to make, generate 80% less waste, and utilize less than 4% of the amount of water needed to manufacture them.” These statistics further his argument about how little plastic bags actually harm the environment, and states how much better they are. He reasons that it makes sense, since plastic bags are lighter and take up less space than the alternative paper bags. In paragraph 6, he also points out the problems with reusable bags, another alternative to plastic bags. He provides the findings of several studies that state “plastic bag bans lead to increased health problems due to food contamination.” It comes from bacteria remaining in reusable bags. Another study says that a 2007 plastic bag ban resulted in spikes of “E. coli, salmonella, and campylobacter-related intestinal infectious diseases.” There were a few deaths in the following years as a result of the

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