The statistics and information gathered on the effects of plastic bags on our environment is quite astounding. Here are some facts that are sure to make you say no thank you at the checkout and carry your own reusable, recycled totes. Environmentally friendly totes are fast becoming the most popular ECO-conscious promotional product. They are inexpensive, extremely useful and tremendous advertising vehicles. They are the natural solution to our plastic bag problems.
Data released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shows that somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year.
National Geographic News September 2, 2003
Less than 1% of bags are recycled. It cost more to recycle a bag than to produce a new one.
Christian Science Monitor News Paper
“There's harsh economics behind bag recycling: It costs $4,000 to process and recycle 1 ton of plastic bags, which can then be sold on the commodities market for $32”
Jared Blumenfeld (Director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment)
So what can we do to reduce the waste?
Do something drastic.
Cut the plastic!
If we use cloth or eco-friendly bags instead, we can save on average 6 plastic bags per week. That’s 22,176 bags in an average lifetime. If 1 out of 5 people in the USA and Canada did this that would be a savings of 1,330,560,000,000 bags!
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