In the recent few years, you must’ve noticed several ads running on your local national television channels about plastic waste management. These advertisements were also suggestive of how you should reduce or altogether avoid the use of polythene bags which you use for carrying groceries and other commodities. The reason why these ads have been run by the government on local channels is that plastic waste hasn’t been managed effectively, which has only added majorly to the already existing problem of waste management. Plastic has been used excessively both by the stakeholders of the demand and supply side of the economy. There are numerous reasons as to why people choose to use plastic over any other material. The most significant of them all is that plastic is cheap and durable. You must’ve noticed how people tend to ask for polythene bags when they go out to buy anything out of habit. The shopkeepers also hand them polythene bags if the customer has forgotten to carry their ow...