Aktau against plastic bags

"Free plastic bag? No, thank you!" campaign took place in "Ataba" supermarket. The activists handed around 500 reusable eco-bags made from environmentally friendly fabrics called spunbond. "Plastic bags are causing serious environmental problems. A period of disintegration of plastic varies from 100 to 500 years. People must stop free distribution of plastic bags", said the director of "Eco Mangystau" Kirill Osin. Kirill Osin said that it was better to use spunbond - material made from waste oil. NOTE: Plastic bag production uses almost 10 percent of the world's annual oil supply. Only 3.5 percent of this number is recycled. This means that much of the planet's precious natural resources are being used to produce plastic bags that many of us maintain are unnecessary. The chemicals and compounds that go into making plastic bags could also be utilized in a far more effective manner. These two factors show that plastic bag production is a waste of resources, which could be used in a far more effective way. In addition about 100,000 animals die each year because of plastic bags as they mistake plastic bags for food.