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Students Respond to Single Use Plastics

                 “What if we just stopped making plastic products and use what we have?”   An interesting observation from a seventh-grade student.             During a meeting with a group of seventh-grade students, I showed the class the Amanda Gorman video on YouTube called “Earthrise”. In it, she spoke of the importance of saving our Earth. “What can we do?” she asks in the video. I asked the class what we could do as a society to reduce single plastic use. Some answers included putting all the plastic in a rocket ship and rocketing it to space or into the sun, throwing all the plastic trash into a volcano, use paper bags instead of plastic, purchasing items only made from recycled plastic, and “what if we just stopped making plastic and use what we have”. What if we did that? Is it really that simple?             Th...
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Single Plastic Use

       The way society consumes their drinks and carries their purchases is changing. Some people say change is for the better, but some do not agree. If a person likes to drink their favorite beverage out of a straw, they may have to start providing their own soon. Already clerks at stores are asking customers if they need a plastic bag to carry their purchases, soon, they may not ask, and customers will be forced to carry their purchases or put them in a cloth bag they brought with them.   The New York Times published an article on May 23, 2018, entitled New York Today: The Scourge of Plastic Straws. The author, Alexandra Levine writes about New York City introducing a bill that would ban plastic straws in New York City. This ban would include bars, restaurants, food trucks and carts, fast food restaurants, and stadiums. City leaders are proposing a fine of one hundred dollars for violations. A councilman, Rafael Espinal, has proposed the bill to help bring ...
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