Much celebrated magazine National Geographic asked everyone a simple yet very valid question, 'Planet or Plastic?' Stressing about the menace created by plastic pollution, they started a campaign to ban plastic usage. Commemorating the World Environment Day, the message of how plastic is damaging the environment was loud and clear. They designed a very apt cover for their National Geographic magazine's June issue. A plastic bag floating in the ocean resembling an iceberg indicating its just the tip that we see. It depicted how plastic is rooted in the ocean's ecosystems and we need to act, that too now. But what was the strongest irony was the issue of the magazine being delivered in a plastic bag itself!

The magazine's cover gave out the message of the damaging environment due to plastic and how we need to stop it altogether. The magazine's senior photo editor Vaughn Wallace had also shared that starting from the June issue, they will replace the magazine's plastic wrapper with paper. But at the time of delivering it to the readers, the magazine still comes wrapped in a plastic bag in some countries. A certain user spotted the glaring error and expressed his concern on social media. Not ignoring the issue, the publication promptly replied that they are working on replacing with the paper bags.

Take a look at the picture of the NatGeo Issue delivered in a plastic bag:

Other users started commenting about the irony of the situation. Some others discussed the ways in which the alternate measures can be convincingly adopted and encouraged among everyone. The publication, however, took notice of this picture and said they too are working on the change in countries all over.

Take a look at NatGeo's reply regarding the issue:

Users who had got their magazine wrapped in paper bags were soon in support of the brand and some even posted pictures of the paper wrapping. This is no big debate but the basic idea is to curb plastic usage and come up with sustainable alternatives.

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