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Plastic Bags
Who knew plastic bags could be so harmful? Something so simple couldn’t possibly cause harm to anything, right? Wrong. Plastic bags are made of petroleum, a non-renewable resource. Once you use petroleum you can’t get it back so what are we supposed to do when it’s all gone? It takes millions of years to make petroleum, were using it up in less time than it can be made! So why are we wasting a non-renewable resource on plastic bags that we don’t even need.
That’s not even the only problem though, all those plastic bags that we only use once are harming marine life. Plastic bags can get caught around animals necks and suffocate them. Animals like sea turtles can mistake plastic for food and get sick from eating them. Plastic bags aren’t worth hurting animals or the environment. We can all take small steps to reduce plastic waste and save the environment. Everyone can help reduce plastic waste by doing things like, using a reusable water bottle instead of buying drinks in plastic bottles, and bringing reusable silverware to fast food restaurants instead of using plastic silverware.
Plastic bags also take up space in landfills and take years to decompose. Once a landfill gets full new ones have to be made, it takes hundreds of dollars to build new landfills. If we reduce plastic waste then it’s not taking up as much space in landfills so its better for the environment. Landfills are paid for with tax payers money, so we are paying for everything that winds up in landfills! There should really be a law against disposable bags, it would save taxpayers money. That’s not the only reason though if there was a law against plastic bags it would prevent pollution and help save marine animal life. We all love the world we live in so why not try to make it a cleaner and safer place.
Who knew plastic bags could be so harmful? Something so simple couldn’t possibly cause harm to anything, right? Wrong. Plastic bags are made of petroleum, a non-renewable resource. Once you use petroleum you can’t get it back so what are we supposed to do when it’s all gone? It takes millions of years to make petroleum, were using it up in less time than it can be made! So why are we wasting a non-renewable resource on plastic bags that we don’t even need.
That’s not even the only problem though, all those plastic bags that we only use once are harming marine life. Plastic bags can get caught around animals necks and suffocate them. Animals like sea turtles can mistake plastic for food and get sick from eating them. Plastic bags aren’t worth hurting animals or the environment. We can all take small steps to reduce plastic waste and save the environment. Everyone can help reduce plastic waste by doing things like, using a reusable water bottle instead of buying drinks in plastic bottles, and bringing reusable silverware to fast food restaurants instead of using plastic silverware.
Plastic bags also take up space in landfills and take years to decompose. Once a landfill gets full new ones have to be made, it takes hundreds of dollars to build new landfills. If we reduce plastic waste then it’s not taking up as much space in landfills so its better for the environment. Landfills are paid for with tax payers money, so we are paying for everything that winds up in landfills! There should really be a law against disposable bags, it would save taxpayers money. That’s not the only reason though if there was a law against plastic bags it would prevent pollution and help save marine animal life. We all love the world we live in so why not try to make it a cleaner and safer place.
Tattoos And Piercing
BY:Ember Jones
There are many reasons why people decide to tattoo and pierce themselfes. Some people think of it as art or they do it because it’s considered a new fad, and some people say it’s self expressive or they like the feeling of getting the work done. In some cases it’s even considered self destructive such as things like anorexia or self harming. I personally think it’s a way to express your personality through the way you look.
Tatoos can have deep meaning in someones life because of a dramatic change that has happened such as death of a loved one or a near death experience.It doesn’t have to be sad to be meaningful though some people tattoo themselves when they become a parent or take an extrodinary path in their life. You may have a change of your life before you get a meaningful tattoo but the biggest change is often once you mark yourself for life with ink. It’s a very big decision in someones life once they decide to get a tattoo because its something that will stay with you forever and often if you try to remove a tattoo it will not work and it is very expensive. People often make the mistake of getting a tattoo that they do not like in the future or once its done such as a few girls I know one of them has a giant four leaf clover on thier stomach that says love in it and it’s a very messed up tattoo.
Piercings aren’t as serious as tattoos because they can always be removed but they will leave scars. Most people now days get piercings because it’s considered cool but when honestly it is another way of expressing your personality through yourself. Piercings can also get infected and have to be surgically removed if you do not take proper care of them and they will scar worse than taking a normal piercing out. You have to make sure everything is sterile before you get a piercing so that you don’t get an infection.piercings can also get very messed up by getting put in the wrong place such as my boyfriend the first time he pierced his septum it was in the wrong spot and it ejected it’s self
Piercings and tattoos both are considered body modification and/or body mutilation. They are similar because they both involve use of needles but different kinds of needles of course. When getting pierced you use a hollow point needle of whatever gauge you need the hole to be. As where tattoos are multiple needles all next to eachother and put in a gun that vibrates to insert the ink into your skin.either way they can both be painful depending on what you decide to do and your pain tolerence.tattoos and piercings are very unique and I cant truly say why people do it to themselves because I only know why I did but this is how it is most oftenly viewed.
There are many reasons why people decide to tattoo and pierce themselfes. Some people think of it as art or they do it because it’s considered a new fad, and some people say it’s self expressive or they like the feeling of getting the work done. In some cases it’s even considered self destructive such as things like anorexia or self harming. I personally think it’s a way to express your personality through the way you look.
Tatoos can have deep meaning in someones life because of a dramatic change that has happened such as death of a loved one or a near death experience.It doesn’t have to be sad to be meaningful though some people tattoo themselves when they become a parent or take an extrodinary path in their life. You may have a change of your life before you get a meaningful tattoo but the biggest change is often once you mark yourself for life with ink. It’s a very big decision in someones life once they decide to get a tattoo because its something that will stay with you forever and often if you try to remove a tattoo it will not work and it is very expensive. People often make the mistake of getting a tattoo that they do not like in the future or once its done such as a few girls I know one of them has a giant four leaf clover on thier stomach that says love in it and it’s a very messed up tattoo.
Piercings aren’t as serious as tattoos because they can always be removed but they will leave scars. Most people now days get piercings because it’s considered cool but when honestly it is another way of expressing your personality through yourself. Piercings can also get infected and have to be surgically removed if you do not take proper care of them and they will scar worse than taking a normal piercing out. You have to make sure everything is sterile before you get a piercing so that you don’t get an infection.piercings can also get very messed up by getting put in the wrong place such as my boyfriend the first time he pierced his septum it was in the wrong spot and it ejected it’s self
Piercings and tattoos both are considered body modification and/or body mutilation. They are similar because they both involve use of needles but different kinds of needles of course. When getting pierced you use a hollow point needle of whatever gauge you need the hole to be. As where tattoos are multiple needles all next to eachother and put in a gun that vibrates to insert the ink into your skin.either way they can both be painful depending on what you decide to do and your pain tolerence.tattoos and piercings are very unique and I cant truly say why people do it to themselves because I only know why I did but this is how it is most oftenly viewed.