Blog post #1: Environmental impacts of the plastic bag
In today's day and age, it is widely acknowledged that we are facing a global environmental crisis. One of the specifics of this crisis is our population's overconsumption of non sustainable products that inevitably harm our environment. One of these products is the plastic bag. Throughout viewing the Youtube video, "Battle of the Bag" I learned more thoroughly about local impacts of plastic bag waste on the environment. Prior to watching this informative video, I did not know of the mountains of garbage and plastic waste in Delhi, India. Similarly, I was unaware that cattle are free to roam throughout India and are attracted to these dumps, looking for something to eat. In turn, cattle eat the plastic and can die from this through their digestive tract being blocked. This is particularly disheartening as cattle are worshiped in India. One way the people of India are attempting to manage this problem is by volunteer veterinarians performing surgery on these cattl...