Plastics Hazard to Animals Warnings

Plastic bags typically contain warnings asking us to keep them away from babies or young kids as it could cause suffocation and death.

 

Likewise, we ought to include either a text warning and symbols, icons or images indicating the dangers of such bags to our environment in general as well as other land or marine creatures.

 

For example,

 

“This bag may end up in oceans or landfills potentially causing harm to animals due to entanglement / suffocation or when mistakenly ingested by animals causing suffering / death”

 

Such bags also ought to include one or more icons or symbols (or any other appropriate graphics) as shown below to convey the message effectively.

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