Essays on Plastic Bags

Data-driven marketing strategies have overtaken the traditional mass marketing strategies. Business entities are increasingly using data not only in market segmentation but also in the determination of what products to produce, how to market the products, and how to price them. As a consequence, the currently applicable marketing strategies are considered to be more fluid, and there is the need for marketers and business professionals to increasingly consider value creation in marketing strategies that they employ (The Nielsen Company, 2015). In light of this understanding, this paper presents marketing segmentation, and value proposition for a recommended retail shopping bag ...

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Sustainability in the early education in childhood is a necessary part of the curriculum which should be part of the service setting. Creation of natural environments and offering natural materials in a single way to ensure sustainability takes place. Sustainability can be termed as the “environment education,” is a method of learning about the environment and the way the natural system operates (Hessle, 2014). It is all that is required for the wellbeing and survival of the people which relates directly to the natural environment. Sustainable education for the children would be various practices such as encouraging the children ...

English

Please Stop Your Aid in Enabling Others to Harm and be Cruel to Animals

I am writing on behalf of the animals that are sold at your store that are mistreated and kept in hazardous conditions by one of your major wildlife suppliers, Holmes Farms. Though this business is already under investigation thanks to PETA’s campaign against Holmes Farms and Petco has stated that they have cut ties with this supplier, your business has continued to do business with them. This mistreatment was discovered initially after an activist for PETA got a job at Holmes Farms and discovered ...

Many Americans today prefer to use plastic bags rather than paper bags, which tend to be more expensive and cannot be re-used. People are unaware that it costs less to produce new plastic bags than to recycle them. First and foremost, less than one percent of plastic bags is recycled, so eventually the other ninety-nine percent of bags litter our environment. Those bags are made of polyethylene, they are very lightweight and aerodynamic, that is why they can be easily picked up by the wind and carried through pipes and sewage pipes. That is how plastic bags are making ...

As the global population continues to grow, there will need to be an increased focus on making the world sustainable for future generations. The management of waste from both individuals and companies will play a significant role in the environmental future. Walmart recently made an announcement to take a lead role in environmental sustainability, pledging to be packaging neutral by the year 2025. The ultimate aim from Walmart is to repurpose all of their packaging and recycle it for future products. For Walmart to achieve their goal, they will have to overcome challenges to become packaging neutral. So far, ...

Which is a better choice at the grocery store: paper bag? Plastic bag? Or tissue bag? Explain your answer.The best choice at the grocery store is to bring a used bag. Paper bags, plastic bags, and tissue bags all have individual issues associated with their use. Paper bags come from a renewable source, and are biodegradable. Despite this, they require more energy to make and are less likely to be reused. Plastic bags are not biodegradable but consume less energy to be made than paper or tissue bags. Tissue bags are the highest energy consumptive option, but are more ...

There has been an intensive invasion of the plastic bags into the global market since 1977 and they have become an essential part of the human everyday life. People want their living conditions to be convenient, time- and moneysaving and therefore, do not even notice, that the price of their comfort and luxury are much higher, than they might imagine. Global warming and climate change are the results of the entire complex of human activities and each little detail or mistake can eventually play a significant role in these processes. One is aware of the water, air and soil ...

Foundation Course – English Essay

Problems Associated with the Use of Plastic Bags Plastic bags are unimaginably inexpensive that no one treats them as worth a thing in stores. They make use of two, three or even four bags when one would otherwise do just as fine without them. Introduced in the year 1970s, the bags currently account for the four in every five bags that are handed at each grocery store. Interestingly, when viewed as a product, plastic bags become unbelievable success fairy-tale. Notably, the success of these bags means a considerable and rather dramatic increase in the number of sacks found floating ...

[Institution Affiliation] Plastic is any material that is rigid or slightly elastic and can be transformed into different shapes without changing the components of the original substance. The use of plastic can be traced back to the 18th century where the first plastic like materials was manufactured. Over the years, there has been an enhancement in the development of the plastic industry. Though in the beginning, plastic were declared as a good development for the human population where they had a lot of uses for it, in the current years plastic has become a menace and a threat to ...

With the increase in population today, there has been an increment in the utilization of plastic sacks. This is apparent by the increment in the quantity of plastic paper in use by the populace especially during the rise of fossil fuels in the twentieth century (Turk, & Bensel, 2014). Plastic sacks are produced using a non-renewable natural gas. The manufacturing of plastic sacks prompts a decrease in accessibility of our natural resources and mischief to the nature's turf because of the extraction of petroleum. In the meantime, plastics are risky to produce; the pollution from their production is thus harmful to our ...

Communication

We have not inherited this Earth; we have just borrowed it from our children. Respected faculty and dear friends – It pains my heart to see the abuse we are inflicting on Mother Earth. Earth like an Angel Mother bears silently all the brutality that we inflict on her. Be it reckless mining, careless littering, or any other unnecessary practice that is absolutely careless and thoughtless, which is inflicted on Mother Earth has never been retaliated. She is like that Angel Mother who continues to love her children unconditionally, despite whatever is done by them. The human greed has no ...

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Scientific techniques refer to procedures that are informed by technical or logical postulates in developing practical mechanisms or systems. Scientific principles refer to methods based on empirical and measurable facts for measuring and investigating a particular phenomenon. Scientific principles and techniques therefore are strategies and techniques used to investigate a phenomenon, validate facts, or reject a thesis based on empirical and measurable facts (Jarrett 2009, p. 219). In engineering, scientific methods determine the quality and level of material used for the final assembly stage.

Scientific principles and techniques are essential in promoting research in different areas of engineering. Engineers examine the concepts ...

Councilman Kraft James who is also the chairman of the judicial and legislative investigations committee has been a frustrated man since 2008. His frustrations accrue to lack of progress in Baltimore despite the many attempts, numerous meetings and set legislature (Tim par3).Tim Wheeler, an environmental reporter in Chesapeake bay, uses Kraft’s James frustrations to describe the real situation in the city. The city has officially been declared as ‘harbor impaired’ by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

If you have not been around the city’s waterfront lately, then you would not know what I’m talking about. ...

Degrowth is the deliberate act of shifting economies away from the perpetual pursuit of growth at the expense of environmental degradation. The global economic growth has continued to escalate over the years, and as a result of this, industrialization has also been on the rise. In some countries, the rate of economic growth has been so enormous for the extent that the many industrial processes end up impacting negatively on the environment. For instance, China is among the nations that have experienced an increase in motor vehicle activities which call for more use of fossil fuel. Fossil fuel has and ...

Introduction

A criminal justice process is normally followed to ensure an individual’s rights are not abused. According to Moak and Carlson (3), the criminal justice process aims to ensure that relevant fact-finding is conducted in an effort to establish the truth. The criminal justice procedure needs to be done in accordance or by not being in contrary to an individual’s right as stipulated in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteen amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Moak and Carlson (4) note that a criminal justice process needs to involve intensive cross-examination of both prosecution witness (the arresting officer and ...

Application of the Criminal Justice System

The criminal justice system operates on a very wide-range perspective. Aside from the scope, the same system also works on a case-to-case standards that requires the arresting officer, the investigator or any criminal justice agents’ capacity to make best and appropriate judgment. In a statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it suggests that in 2009, the crime rate in the United States is has been decreasing significantly from when the agency has stated recording crime rate in 1980’s. In fact, from 13,403 in 1980 down to 10,639 in 2009, overall crime rate had been reduced (U.S. Census ...

Hypothesis: The experiment was done to analyze the making and growth of fungi.

Materials: Following materials were used: - Plastic bags - Cross-section of bread - Microscope - Glass Slides - Forceps - Marker (for labeling)

Duration: The experiment can take from three to seven days depending on the climate and conditions.

First Method (for sample): Following procedure was used. - Take three plastic bags and moisten them using a wet towel. - Take three bread or cake slices and place them in the plastic bags. - Doing this will moisten the bread. - Place these plastic bags out of direct sunlight however, on a warm place where these samples are not disturbed. - Observe each sample daily. ...

Beach cleanup is a conservative way of keeping the environment clean. It helps in cleaning the habitat of small animals, insects, and birds that stay and feed at the beach. It is a preventive measure that ensures harmful waste products do not get into the ocean and spoil the marine animals’ habitat. Things like plastic bags cause harm to the fish when ingested since it does not decompose. Chemicals products used in cosmetic products pollute the water and harms marine life. Constant cleanup of the beach prevents these from happening. Different beaches have their way of cleaning up. They employ people ...

The question of paper versus plastic bags has long weighed on the environmentally-conscious. Determining what type of bag to use-- which type causes the least damage to the environment-- is a question whose answer could potentially change the way the world works. However, until relatively recently, the question of paper versus plastic remained unresolved. Through an analysis of paper and plastic bags, however, it can be seen that there are indeed benefits to using one over the other. To consider which type of bag is better for the environment, careful consideration regarding the manufacture, transportation, longevity, reuse, and disposal of ...

- Definition of Utilitarianism and an example from the case study Utilitarianism is the set ethics that includes actions that maximizes the society wellness and reduces problems (Sen, Bernard & Bernard 13). A good example in the case study is the elimination of plastic bags where many countries untake a firm stand against the use of the plastic bags and they impose high tax on them, thereby giving protection to the whole country. - Trade-off between using plastic bag and not using them as in the case study The use of plastic bag comes with various negative cost, ...

Climate Change as a Man-Made Problem, and Solutions for The Prevention of Climate Change.

Human activities have had diverse effects on the environment and climate in general. The processes of urbanization, civilization, and industrialization that are attributable to human activities have led to climatic changes. Scientists hold different opinions towards the issue of climate change. Some claim that climatic changes have occurred due to general human activities while others attribute climate changes to particular human activities. The dilemma presents in these human activities, which people consider as necessary for their survival (News, 2013, p. 1). For example, industrialization has made things easier for a man. Industrialization has also caused climatic change. Such dilemmas revolve ...

The strategies that an organization might use when developing its organization’s socially responsible efforts are to take care of environment, reduction of the waste output, Promoting diversity, Choosing suppliers on non-economic criteria, Reintegration support, Partnership with NGOs (Grayson, 2003). At least one social measure etc. the four types of behavior that are examined in the social responsibly area are the adoption of measures regarding the positive social impact, familiarity regarding the concept of corporate social responsibility and implementation of corporate social responsibility. Business management is a very serious factor which affects the corporate social responsibility. The business executives are ...

Activating on a growing market, as the one of the plastic packaging implies both opportunities and challenges. The history of Logoplaste consists of both opportunistic and challenging situations, and it indicates its potential of adjusting its management, its operations and supply chain on the various shifts and changes that reshaped the plastic packaging market throughout the years.

Porter Diamond

In analyzing a firm’s strategic management, Michael Porter identifies six factors for analyzing its competitiveness: factor condition, demand condition, related and supporting industries, firm strategy structure and rivalry, government and chance (Traill & Pitts 19). Each of these factors will be treated separately and ...

Life cycle analysis may also be referred as life cycle assessment. It may be defined as a systematic tool or technique that evaluates the environmental aspects of a product as it gradually moves through all its stages of the life cycle. This implies the development from raw material extraction, through to the processing of the raw materials, manufacture of the final product, distribution of these products, their use, the repairs done to them and the maintenance that they require and lastly its disposal or recycling. The main importance of the LCA process is to reduce the environmental impacts of the products ...

Ethonomics

Ethonomics loosely refers to ethical economics. It involves incorporating ethics into economic decision making. The term, however, defines the rules that govern ethics in a market place. Ethics is the code of conduct in a business setting while economics dwells on rules that govern material commodities in the commercial sector. The discipline focuses on the mapping and definition of the prioritization of values that exist in value systems. This is done to comprehend disparities in different value systems, the individuals who own these systems and the decisions they arrive at on the basis of these value systems. Organizations, who seek ...

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The amount of trash on Oahu’s beaches has been increasing over the past decade. This paper will examine the different causes and potential detrimental outcomes of the increased amount of pollution on the beaches in Oahu. Utilizing a combination of quantitative and qualitative observational techniques as well as scholarly research, the conclusion has been drawn that the problems on Oahu are a combination of a variety of factors. Research suggests that the pollution is the result of poor waste management, human carelessness, and contamination from the portion of the ocean known as the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” When people imagine ...

The trip was started in the afternoon. It was commenced at 4 pm to 10 pm. My main focus was W Olympic Blvd/Western Avenue in Los Angeles. I started from the south heading for the north along Olympic Blvd to Wilshire Blvd. On reaching at the Western/cross of Olympic, I come across a very big Korean shopping mall. Most people who come to shop here are old and the majority is women who are over the age of 50 and above. A small percentage of these women come to this place by personal cars while most of them rely ...

Plastic bags are a convenient component of modern living, but are also a major contributor for many negative health and environmental problems. Despite the many benefits it brings, including in the fields of electronics, medicine, and automotive, typically, the plastics used to contain and seal these items are used to dispose other forms of garbage. Because of this purpose, manufacturers made their products even more durable. Plastics began mass production in the 1940s and have become more versatile in composition and in use. They may be inconsequential in weight, inexpensive, and are reusable, but the actual manufacture and clearance of ...

The beauty of the nature has been decreasing during the last two centuries due to massive human activity. Human activity has altered several aspects of nature especially due to the release of pollutants in the environment. The pollutants not only have a negative effect on the health of human beings but also to other forms of life that exist in the environment. Additionally, they have brought about a negative effect on the equilibrium of the ecosystem since artificial forces other than natural forces have taken over the control of the forces of nature. Human beings have also suffered due to the ...

Ways to make our homes healthy

Health is defined in so many ways and it starts from the physical which is within then goes outwards to the environment .A healthy environment constitutes a healthy nation thus a society and a country becomes more productive when living in a world whose future is promising. The rate at which environment degradation is spreading we might not have a place to call our own thus the human kind will also be extinct. This sounds very unrealistic but a good example is the ozone layer which keeps getting destroyed with each unnecessary puff of smoke to the atmosphere. A few years from now there will ...

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Assemble Clamp and tubing (Assembly process) 2.1 Assembly process

Process description: The clamp and tubing assembly process is a second level process in the scaffold projects. A single side clamp is fed into the assembly machine followed by the plastic tubing which is made to pass through the clamp. The tubing is then cut into size. The machine verifies the size of the cut tubes as well as the presence of side clamps.

Previous Activity: 2.1-Assembling the clamp

Next Activity: 2.3-Attaching the tubing to the device interface. Non-product resources (Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, 2011) 1. Extruded plastic tubing 2. Electricity for ...