The Use of Paper Bags A Good Way of Conserving the Nature

Plastic is a polymer material made from the use of many harmful chemicals and other substances. The plastic materials are banned in parts of the world. The plastics are non biodegradable and if burned produces such fumes which can cause serious lung diseases and many other chronic diseases. Many animals in search of food eat the plastic materials and this leads them to death. The plastics though find much usefulness but still considered as the social evils which affects the ecology and most of the times leaves a negative impact on the environment.

With so many negative features the emergence of the paper bags came into play. These are such materials which are completely biodegradable and do pose a threat to the environment. The bags made out of paper are mostly favored by many developed and developing countries of the world.

What is the use? 

The paper bags are used by the people mostly for carrying the household stuffs from one place to another. Few researches in the recent times reveals about the fact that use of plastic material for carrying food articles might lead to a very rare case of cancer, in the males the problem of prostate glands also occur due to the use of plastic goods. The use of paper bags does not show such results on the other hand. These bags made out of paper are also used for wrapping and decorating. The bags are also available at a much cheaper price. These can also be recycled and used even after one time use for the house hold works. 

Do they pose any kind of threats to the environment?  

The bags which are made out of paper do not cause any kind of trouble in the environment and most importantly they also do not contain any sort of chemicals in them and are handy too. The governments of many countries are taking steps to abolish the usage of plastic completely. In India also there are many places where the plastic use is strictly prohibited.