Autobiography of a Plastic Bag

Been spring cleaning and found some of my old class works. This was when my lecturer wanted us to write and autobiography of some one or something. I decided to write about a plastic bag as i am shocked at the number of plastic bags given out to shoppers, without a single thinking on how to save it. I believe in my efforts to save the environment, no matter how tiny it is.

THROUGH IGNORANCE WE SURVIVE

She is made of polyethylene. When humans produce her, the air is polluted and more energy is being consumed. Four to five trillion of her was manufactured each year. She chokes landfills and marine animals. Yearly, she killed hundreds and thousands of marine animals. They died painfully after she wrap herself around their intestines or choke them to death. Winds obediently carry her to the streets, parks, forest, lakes, ponds, sea, rivers and mountains. Stupid Americans throw away 100 billions of her every year. Seabirds are also known to swallow her and also buoys after confusing them with sea eggs or crustaceans, leading to fatal consequences.

Strangely, humans still choose her, may be because she is functional, lightweight, strong and hygienic way to transport almost every single thing on earth. She fills the world’s oceans by six million tonnes every year. In every square mile of ocean it is estimated that there are over 46,000 pieces of her. She originates from both land and marine activities. Of all the marine debris washed, dumped or blown into the ocean, more than half is her.

See how powerful this lady is? Of course, life takes works. She have worked hard to place herself in this situation. She feels good about herself and the part she plays in the connectedness of all living things. She has done all the work to take charge in human’s lives.

We are united to help one another on our journey of evolution to be the best things we can be. The nature of female is to fight back and by doing so, we take what life gives us and find ways to make it our opportunity. We have fought every accomplishment, every relationship of meaning and we have not let obstacles, big or small keep us down. We wake up each day, grateful to be used, alive, grateful to be a plastic bag, thankful for the privilidge of being a plastic bag.