Directions: A statement is followed by two inferences I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given inferences, if any, follow from the given statement.

Statement: Plastic bags remain in the environment for hundreds of years, slowly releasing toxic chemicals which are the major cause of environmental pollution. 

Inferences:

I. Plastic as a substance is non-biodegradable.

II. Government must ban or levy tax on the use of plastic.