Less than 1% of plastic bags are recycled
A study shows that vessels dump 8 million pounds of plastic annually
Plastic bags are about 10% of the debris that ends up in the U.S coast line
plastic bags break down to smaller toxic substances over time
About 200 different species of sea life die due to plastic bags
cloth bags can save 6 bags a week
that is 22,176 plastic bags a year
if 1 out 5 people do this we would save 1,330,560,000,000 bags over our lifetime
Bangladesh had banned plastic bags
china has banned free plastic bags Ireland has reduced the plastic bags consumed by 90%
Israel , Canada, western India, Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Taiwan, and Singapore have also banned or are moving toward banning the plastic bag
San Francisco was the first U.S city to ban plastic bags
Oakland and Boston are thinking about banning plastic bags
Plastic bags use too much oil
reducing plastic bags can make less foreign oil dependency
We can save so much oil if we ban plastic bags
A study shows that vessels dump 8 million pounds of plastic annually
Plastic bags are about 10% of the debris that ends up in the U.S coast line
plastic bags break down to smaller toxic substances over time
About 200 different species of sea life die due to plastic bags
cloth bags can save 6 bags a week
that is 22,176 plastic bags a year
if 1 out 5 people do this we would save 1,330,560,000,000 bags over our lifetime
Bangladesh had banned plastic bags
china has banned free plastic bags Ireland has reduced the plastic bags consumed by 90%
Israel , Canada, western India, Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Taiwan, and Singapore have also banned or are moving toward banning the plastic bag
San Francisco was the first U.S city to ban plastic bags
Oakland and Boston are thinking about banning plastic bags
Plastic bags use too much oil
reducing plastic bags can make less foreign oil dependency
We can save so much oil if we ban plastic bags