Question

What are the advantages of cloth bags over plastic bags during shopping?
(A) Cloth bags are capable of carrying more things
(B) Cloth bags made of biodegradable material do not pollute our environment.
(C) Cloth bags can be reused
(D) All the above

Answer 1

Hint: The plastic bags are the non-biodegradable substance and the usage of this may cause many harms to the earth like soil pollution etc. All these discomforts can be overcome by using cloth bags which are made by the cotton or jute. The cloth bag is always preferred to the plastic bags since they are biodegradable and also reused.

Complete answer:
The use of plastic bags for drinking tea, coffee etc. leads to the discharge of many plastic bags in the environment. These bags are either thrown as such or they are made to undergo the process of incineration. Incineration is the process in which the waste or other substance is burnt to avoid the accumulation of a large volume of wastes. And this process may lead to the air pollution since the gases obtained from the burning are carbon dioxide, Sulphur etc. This affects the earth by causing global warming.

If these wastes are thrown as such, they block the plant roots. This global warming also leads to many effects like climatic changes, rise in sea level, acid rain etc. The cloth bags can be used for keeping many things without the chance of being torn. They are decomposed by the microorganisms and hence no pollution to the earth. They can be reused many times until it gets torn and it is very much strong when compared to the plastic bags.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D)

Note: In addition to the above advantages, cloth bags of the same volume can carry more weight than the plastic bags. The plastic bags are easily damaged due to the external things like hook, and other sharp items. But this case does not occur in cloth bags.