No more plastics in Davao City
6/28/2012
One thing that makes me proud of
being a Davaoeña is that my city government initiates ordinances which are very
beneficial to the community. Examples of which is the Smoking Ban which has
been implemented for 10 years already, and effective today, the ban on the use
of plastics is being put into practice. I do believe that this is
such a wonderful initiative for the city in reducing the number of trash accumulated
brought about by the use of plastics. Even though I am in full support of this
new city ordinance, I also do have my share of apprehensions with regards to
its implementation. One thing is, can we really impose a total ban on the use
of plastics? I somehow fear that maybe, what will happen will just be similar
to the implementation of the anti-smoking ordinance – say for example,
establishing a smoking area within an establishment will not totally eradicate
the smoking habit but only provides an area for smokers to pollute only
themselves and fellow smokers. Now if the very purpose of the ordinance is to
stop the smoking habit (which is really difficult!), then the city must not offer
a venue to just continue the habit.
Going back to the issue on
plastics, it might be difficult for
consumers to adopt immediately to the new ordinance considering that we have
relied too much on plastics because these do not only give us storage, but its
waterproof characteristics provide additional benefits as well. It will take time, but eventually, the
environment will soon reap its profit if only people will be very obedient with
this ordinance.
Let’s continue to support this
city ordinance on the ban of plastic use. I’m thinking that maybe later, I will
buy myself an eco-friendly reusable bag which I intend to carry with me always.
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