A Review on the Effect of Plastic Bags on our Environment

A Review on the Effect of Plastic Bags on our Environment

ABSTRACT

The study found out that the condition of plastic paper bag littering has gone from bad to worse due to unchecked littering. Besides visual pollution, plastic paper bag litter is non-biodegradable and thus accumulates. Its disposal method is a challenge as plastic paper bag waste recycling is not economically viable. Plastic paper bag litter contributes to a blockage of sewers and drainages, poses threat to biotic species and abiotic components when incinerated, buried, or damped. Furthermore, when filled with rainwater, plastic paper bags litter become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, which cause malaria. In landfills, it acts as a habitat for vectors that transmit pathogens like flies and rodents. There is no immediate alternative paper bag that is likely to replace plastic paper bags shortly. Due to the enormous environmental problems caused by plastic paper bags litter, the study recommended that immediate public awareness be made to the consumers on the hazards that are occasioned by the plastic paper bags. Other strategies to curb the behavior of litter- louting include the reduction in the manufacturing of plastic paper bags, re-use, recycling, and recollection of the plastic paper bag litter. Other measures to curb the behavior of plastic paper bag litter are the establishment of litter collection points in strategic litter generating points, imposing stiff penalties to litter- louts, imposing a tax on any plastic paper bag produced and putting place mechanisms and processes of plastic paper bag collection at state levels.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page- – – – – – – – – i
Approval page – – – – – – – -ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – -iii
Acknowledgment – – – – – – – -iv
Abstract – – – – – – – – – -v
Table of content – – – – – – – -vi

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION – – – – – – – -1
1.0 Background of the study – – – – -1
1.1 Statement of the problem – – – – -5
1.2 Purpose of the study – – – – – -6
1.3 Significance of the study – – – – -8
1.4 Research questions – – – – – -9
1.5 Scope of the study – – – – – – -10

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW – – – – – – -11

CHAPTER THREE

Research methodology – – – – – – -39
Design of study – – – – – – – -40
Area of study – – – – – – – – -40
The population of the study – – – – – – -41
Sample and sampling techniques – – – – -41
An instrument for data collection – – – – -41
Method of data collection – – – – – -42
Method of data analysis – – – – – – -43

CHAPTER FOUR

Presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data – -48
Discussion of findings – – – – – – -56

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary of findings – – – – – – -60
Conclusion – – – – – – – – -61
Recommendations – – – – – – – -62
Suggestions for further research – – – – -64
References – – – – – – – – -65
Appendix I – – – – — – – – -68
Questionnaire. – – – – – – – -69

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