Liberia: Nuisance of Plastic Bags Demands Solution

20 February 2013

When a consumer demands that purchased items be placed in a plastic bag for easier holding and carrying, polythene or plastic bags pose no nuisance at that moment.

And this is exactly what most consumers demand here these days after purchasing commodities that have no large surfaces. Plastic bags have taken the place of wrapper papers that sellers and storekeepers used during the old days (before the advent of plastic bags) to neatly wrap bought items for customers before they exited business premises. The notion for that, understandably, was twofold: dignifying the sold item and notifying the public that the commodity was indeed bought and not stolen from the business center. This kind of wrapper paper, placed under our tropical conditions of rain or shine soon disintegrated via decomposition or combustion with minimal negative effect on humans and the environment.

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