Bag of Tricks

Plastic bags are a danger for the environment. Do the following exercise and publish it in your blog. Use images to enhance the information found.

Investigate the dangers of plastic bags:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/10/plastic_bags/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/09/0902_030902_plasticbags.html

Answer the following questions
I. Why are plastic bags so common?
II. In what other ways is plastic used?
III. What are the benefits of plastic bags?
IV. What are the dangers of plastic bags?
V. What has been done so far?
VI. Has it been successful? Why or why not?

Read the following article:
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20090225wednesday.html

Answer the following questions

a. What are some of the potential benefits of charging fees for and/or banning plastic bags? b. What are some of the potential drawbacks of such programs?
c. Which benefits and drawbacks seem the most compelling? Why? d. Would you support a local law charging fees for (or banning) plastic bags? Why or why not?

Investigate what has been done in Mexico in relation to banning plastic bags. Here you have some articles:
http://www.plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?channel=195&id=1238093003
http://www.vallartascene.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12491
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/mexico-biodegradable-plastic.php

1. Do you agree with this new law? Why or why not?
2. What has been done so far?
3. What needs to be done to enforce such a law?
4. What campaigns would you suggest?

Finally, following the guidelines on how to write a resolution write on were you suggest a solution to the usage of plastic bags in Mexico. This must be as a word document sent to my mail in the correct format latest on Friday, April 24. miwm_esn@yahoo.com It will be grades as a partial.