CM220M5 Communicating Solutions With Digital Media
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Communicating solutions with digital media
Marina Perez
Purdue Global University
CM220M5-05
June 8, 2021
Social Media is a technology that enables the transfer and sharing of idea, thoughts, by building of virtual communities .
Digital platforms consist of a digital environment, such as a web application ,mobile application that allows communication and facilitates exchange of information between people and groups of people .
Problems can be recognized and remedied through social media and digital platforms, which may be used to advertise and promote products and services to specific demographics.
Through social media , the community and people can be educated, and it is easier to reach a wide range of people and create awareness .
The digital platforms ensure the easy sharing of knowledge and data regarding the problem that need to be solved and the most feasible solutions .
Plastic Bags
In more than one instance people use plastic bags to carry their products such as food, clothes that they purchase from stores .
Plastic bags have various environmental impacts, are a major source of litter, despite this impacts they continue to be used in the community .
Plastic bags have several negative environmental consequences, including animal choking, pollution, channel, river, and stream blockage, and landscape deformity.
Plastic bag waste represents a severe threat to human and animal health in the environment. Plastic bags can pollute the environment by producing trash and clogging storm water drains if they are not properly disposed of (Chandra, 2020)
plastics bags have caused an increase in the number of land fills since are a major cause of pollution and are non-biodegradable .
The use of plastic bags has major impacts on the environment, animals and human beings.
Possible Solutions
The possible solutions to the use of plastic bags include
Ban the use of plastic Bags.
Alternative solutions
recycle the plastic bags and use them for multiple shopping trips .
Use reusable shopping bags such as ecofriendly alternative bags made from fabric, fiber or paper(Wagner, 2017).
Use of policies and laws -Regulations prohibiting indiscriminate use and recycling of waste from plastic bags, as well as restrictions on retailers ‘free sale of plastic bags.
Ban on Plastic Bags
The solutions listed above are effective and important in ensuring that there is reduction of plastic bag waste and pollution .
The most effective is the Ban on use of plastic bags and it helps solve the problem of plastic bags easily and effectively.
the ban of use of plastic bag is effective as they will be no more use of plastic bags .
Banning of plastic bags is more practical and will ensure that the streets and the environment stays clean .
By banning plastic bags , it will encourage more use of reusable bags , made from fiber, fubric or paper .
Conclusion
It is possible to reach a large audience, educate, and raise awareness about the negative effects of using plastic bags by using social media.
It is easy to create a local movement against the use of plastic bags using social media, and it is also possible to collaborate with others on a ban on the use of plastic bags.
As a result of the plastic bag ban, the negative effects of the use of plastic bags will be lessened and reduced.
References
CHANDRA, G. (2020). Non-monetary intervention to discourage consumption of single-use plastic bags. Behavioral Public Policy, 1-14.
Heidbreder, L. M., Bablok, I., Drews, S., & Menzel, C. (2019). Tackling the plastic problem: A review on perceptions, behaviors, and interventions. Science of the total environment, 668, 1077-1093.
Wagner, T. P. (2017). Reducing single-use plastic shopping bags in the USA. Waste Management, 70, 3-12.
Valarmathy, P. S. (2015). Eradication of plastic carry bags: The shop owners' perception. Indian Journal of Marketing, 45(2), 31-40.
