It is Not Effective to Charge for Plastic Bags

At present most supermarkets is pursuingthe policy of charging for plastic bags instead of giving them free. This policy is carried out for controlling pollution since thepollution resulting from plastic bags has become a big threat to urbanenvironment. Though daily use of free bags in the markets is tremendous innumber, I don't think consumers' paying for plastic bags can take effect incontrolling pollution.

現(xiàn)今大部分的超市都推行塑料袋收費(fèi)政策，不再提供免費(fèi)塑料袋。這項(xiàng)政策的實(shí)施是為了控制環(huán)境污染，因?yàn)樗芰洗�造成的污染已�?jīng)成為都市環(huán)境的一大威脅。然而日常人們使用的塑料袋數(shù)目巨大，我認(rèn)為消費(fèi)者為塑料袋買單并不能有效地控制環(huán)境污染。

 Tobegin with, it is unfair that only consumers should shoulder the responsibilityof environmental pollution caused by plastic bags, providing free plastic bagsto consumers is a marketing strategy adopted by supermarkets. Althoughsupermarkets have to pay for the plastic bags, consumers bring them far greatereconomic rewards in comparison to this minimal cost. From this point of view,it is the supermarkets that have gained the hidden profits through free bagswhile consumers only get shopping convenience they should have.

首先，只有消費(fèi)者為塑料袋造成的環(huán)境污染承擔(dān)責(zé)任，這是不公平的，因?yàn)闉橄�費(fèi)者提供免費(fèi)塑料袋是超市采取的一種營(yíng)銷策略。盡管是超市購(gòu)買的塑料袋，但是這項(xiàng)花費(fèi)相比消費(fèi)者為超市所帶來(lái)的回報(bào)來(lái)說(shuō)是微不足道的。由此來(lái)看，超市一方通過(guò)免費(fèi)塑料袋獲得了隱藏利潤(rùn)，消費(fèi)者只是享有他們應(yīng)有的便利而已。

In addition, it is over-optimistic and bitsimple-minded to contend that charging for plastic bags can help reduce pollutioNPRoblem. My observation tells me that in most supermarketsplastic bags are offered by salespeople according to customers' actual needs. Since the need for shopping bags does exist, charging for those bags is not soeffective. Besides not only the supermarkets provide free plastic bags, mostthe food markets and shops do. Therefore it is unrealistic to expect thispolicy to help reduce the pollution problem caused by plastic bags.

其次，期望塑料袋收費(fèi)政策起到減少其所帶來(lái)的環(huán)境污染問(wèn)題，這樣的想法過(guò)于樂(lè)觀和簡(jiǎn)單些了。通過(guò)親自觀察我發(fā)現(xiàn)，在大多數(shù)超市里收銀員都是根據(jù)客戶的實(shí)際需要來(lái)提供塑料袋的。如此消費(fèi)者對(duì)塑料袋的需要一直存在，那么塑料袋收費(fèi)根本沒(méi)有效果。此外，免費(fèi)塑料袋不只有超市才提供，大部分的菜市場(chǎng)和商店都會(huì)為消費(fèi)者提供免費(fèi)塑料袋。因此，期望這個(gè)政策減少塑料造成的污染是不太現(xiàn)實(shí)的。

In short, it is not a wise policy to chargeshopping bags. To protect the environment, people should take varied ofeffective measures.

總之，購(gòu)物塑料袋收費(fèi)這一舉措并不明智。人們應(yīng)該采取各種各樣的有效措施來(lái)保護(hù)環(huán)境。