Our Lovely Plastic Bags is Spoiling OUR Life and Many More........

Consider the following shocking facts about plastic shopping bags:

Plastic bags are made of polyethylene

Polyethylene is a petroleum product

Production contributes to air pollution and energy consumption

Four to five trillion plastic bags are manufactured each year

Americans use over 380 billion polyethylene bags per year

Americans throw away approximately 100 billion polyethylene bags per year
Of those 100 trillion plastic bags, 1% are recycled.

It takes 1000 years for polyethylene bags to break down.

As polyethylene breaks down, toxic substances leach into the soil and enter the food chain.

Approximately 1 billion seabirds and mammals die per year by ingesting plastic bags.

Plastic bags are often mistaken as food by marine mammals. 100,000 marine mammals die yearly by eating plastic bags.

These animals suffer a painful death, the plastic wraps around their intestines or they choke to death.

Plastic bag choke landfills .

Plastic bags are carried by the wind into forests, ponds, rivers, and lakes.

There are alternatives to plastic bags. All of this death and pollution is unnecessary

Alternative uses:

Reuse plastic shopping bags and wraps.

Use wax paper instead of polyethylene products.

Utilize reusable shopping bags made of cloth or hemp.

Recycle your plastic shopping bags by returning them to the store.

If you forget your reusable shopping bag, opt for paper.

Minimize your garbage output by composting and recycling.

Write to your local and federal governments to demand environmentally-friendly bags (they do exist)

Tell others about the harmful impact of plastic bag usage..... Spread the Knowledge..