Ban on plastic bags

IN The National recently, we have read about the ban on plastic bags.
We then assume that people have researched about plastics and now they see fit to ban plastic materials in Papua New Guinea.
There are many materials made of plastic. The scientific name for plastic is polyethylene.
Materials for milk packaging, jugs, detergents, bottles, garbage containers, pipes, crates, toys are made from high-density polyethylene materials.
Other materials like rigid containers/tanks, plastic films, shoes, saddles, and many more are made from linear low-density polyethylene and low-density polyethylene materials.
Among plastic bags, there are many other useful and everyday life use materials made from plastic or polyethylene.
Research is showing that you will not escape one day from using a material that is made from plastic.
Try and do this as a homework for the day: Count all materials you are using from morning breakfast to whatever time you sleep.
Explain what the material is made of and say whether you are escaping from using anything made from plastic during the day.
The global economic use of plastic-made materials is increasing every year.
PNG, you are too young an island country, and cannot think economic sustainability or innovation and sustainability.
It is good to note that, there are people who can see problems not only with plastic bag, but other problems too.
But, you are quick to ban the problem and you are not quick to find the solution to the problem in terms of economic viability.
You have huge LNG explorations and processing of oil and gas in PNG, which can be used to further develop into finished plastic products, including processing plastic bags.
Therefore, you must be creative and come up with innovative and economic sustainability development and downstream-processing industries to accommodate all the plastic made materials.
Should PNG Government and clients need some innovative concepts, you may contact the Lagaip-Porgera MP.

Yongi Andale