Let us help stop the use of plastic wraps in vegetables in grocery stores nationwide. Lead by example to Responsible Consumption and Production. 

As per the proposed Senate Bill 2759 by Sen. Loren Legarda:

The unrelenting and neglectful use of plastic bags is a worldwide phenomenon. Data released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 2003 shows that somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year.

These bags end up as litter as it makes its way to landfills, drainages and bodies of water, taking decades to decompose and damaging marine life when dumped in the sea. According to the World Wildlife Fund Report in 2005, nearly 200 different species of sea life including whales, dolphins, seals, and turtles die due to ingestion and choking from plastic bags. 

The Philippines faces a similar, if not worse, pollution problem. Esteros, drainage
systems and waterways are clogged with garbage, majority of which are composed of non-biodegradable plastic bags. Landfills are also packed with plastiC bags that do not decompose, toxic chemicals from which seep into the soil. This issue of pollution is further exacerbated by natural disasters, which have become erratic and unpredictable due to climate change. The Typhoon Ondoy in 2009n clearly showed that plastic bags. Severely worsened the flooding in Metro Manila and made post-cleanup very difficult.

As the problems of pollution, environmental degradation and severe weather shifts
escalate, all sectors of Society must act with dispatch. Individuals must make conscious efforts to change our daily routine and practices to produce a positive impact on our environment.

Companies must change their economic mindset, wasteful production processes and packaging methods - from the use of seemingly cost-effective plastic
bags into investing in long-term reusable and recyclable bags which are more
sustainable in the long run.