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Did you know....
- In the USA, we use 100 BILLION plastic bags per year! Less than 1% are recycled.
- It takes more than 20 million barrels of oil to produce them!
- The petroleum based plastic breaks into tiny particles that contaminate soil in waterways.
- Many countries have banned plastic bags due to their detrimental impact on the environment. Australia, Ireland, South Africa, India and Kenya already have bans in areas.
- San Francisco recently passed a bill banning plastic shopping bags in their city.
What about paper bags?
- They require four times as much energy to produce than plastic.
- Paper also takes 85 times as much energy as plastic to recycle them.
- Paper takes up to nine times as much space in landfills compared to plastic
Read more articles about plastic bags.
03/27/07: San Fransicso bans plastic bags
04/18/07: City of Austin ponders plastic bag ban
04/26/07: Plastic Bags may be banned in Boston |
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