Policy on plastic usage in Indonesia big 5 cities
Community Discussion 
The issue of plastic over-consumption has recently become a serious threat to the world environment and the US ecosystem, in particular. The most dangerous item that stands behind this hazard is the broad usage of plastic bags. According to 2015 data, Americans reportedly threw away 100 billion grocery bags (Li & Richter, 2015). The obvious solution to this problem was to implement the plastic ban across the states.
It is a well-known fact that all the goods that are now produced were introduced to the global market only because of the economic benefits regardless of their harm to the ecology. For this reason, residents and business owners now find it difficult to reject environmentally dangerous goods. According to the researchers, American residents tend to give preference to more available rather than more eco-tolerant products (Li & Richter, 2015).
The income levels vary greatly across the country due to its significant territory and multiculturalism. That is why the government cannot implement restrictions concerning the environment on the legislative level. The only thing left is the public policy and availability of information about how plastic impacts our planet so that people could decide whether they can afford an ecologically friendly lifestyle.
The peculiarities of the EU plastic policy:
The economic systems of the European countries vary considerably if to compare them with the economy of the United States. The average income levels are relatively higher in the European countries, and there is no economic gap between different social layers. For this reason, the governmental bodies of the EU find it easier to establish public policy in terms of plastic use as their residents are economically able to maintain eco-tolerant manufacturing across the country. At least two serious plastic policy projects were approved in 2019 on the EU governmental level (Mederake & Knoblauch, 2019). Hence, the ecological activists in Europe have the opportunity to reduce the plastic use level not only in the context of individuals but in the overall economic system.
The Major Constraint in Environmental Plastic Policy:
Speaking of the environmental public policy all over the world, and in the US and Europe, in particular, one may notice that the approaches to the issue are quite different. The US government, for example, cannot take severe measures in plastic use reduction as the income rates of the majority of the population are not satisfactory in terms of exploiting eco-tolerant materials. Although this approach is acceptable for US residents, it is not beneficial for the current environmental situation in the world.
The EU countries, on the contrary, take serious steps towards the issue resolution and limit the use of plastic on the legislative level. However, such an approach is also very subjective as it cannot be applied to countries with lower economic conditions. Thus, considering everything, it should be concluded that the global environmental public policy needs an exhaustive system of issues resolving to be applied by every nation regardless of their economic state.
What can we do to push this policy further to the government?
It is a well-known fact that all the goods that are now produced were introduced to the global market only because of the economic benefits regardless of their harm to the ecology. For this reason, residents and business owners now find it difficult to reject environmentally dangerous goods. According to the researchers, American residents tend to give preference to more available rather than more eco-tolerant products (Li & Richter, 2015).
The income levels vary greatly across the country due to its significant territory and multiculturalism. That is why the government cannot implement restrictions concerning the environment on the legislative level. The only thing left is the public policy and availability of information about how plastic impacts our planet so that people could decide whether they can afford an ecologically friendly lifestyle.
The peculiarities of the EU plastic policy:
The economic systems of the European countries vary considerably if to compare them with the economy of the United States. The average income levels are relatively higher in the European countries, and there is no economic gap between different social layers. For this reason, the governmental bodies of the EU find it easier to establish public policy in terms of plastic use as their residents are economically able to maintain eco-tolerant manufacturing across the country. At least two serious plastic policy projects were approved in 2019 on the EU governmental level (Mederake & Knoblauch, 2019). Hence, the ecological activists in Europe have the opportunity to reduce the plastic use level not only in the context of individuals but in the overall economic system.
The Major Constraint in Environmental Plastic Policy:
Speaking of the environmental public policy all over the world, and in the US and Europe, in particular, one may notice that the approaches to the issue are quite different. The US government, for example, cannot take severe measures in plastic use reduction as the income rates of the majority of the population are not satisfactory in terms of exploiting eco-tolerant materials. Although this approach is acceptable for US residents, it is not beneficial for the current environmental situation in the world.
The EU countries, on the contrary, take serious steps towards the issue resolution and limit the use of plastic on the legislative level. However, such an approach is also very subjective as it cannot be applied to countries with lower economic conditions. Thus, considering everything, it should be concluded that the global environmental public policy needs an exhaustive system of issues resolving to be applied by every nation regardless of their economic state.
What can we do to push this policy further to the government?
