Plastic Bag FACTS
from Reuse It:
Over 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year worldwide. (Consider China, a country of 1.3 billion, which consumes 3 billion plastic bags daily, according to China Trade News.)
About 1 million plastic bags are used every minute.
A single plastic bag can take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
More than 3.5 million tons of plastic bags, sacks and wraps were discarded in 2008.
Only 1 in 200 plastic bags in the UK are recycled
Plastic bags are the second-most common type of ocean refuse, after cigarette butts
Plastic bags remain toxic even after they break down.
Every square mile of ocean has about 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in it.
Over 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year worldwide. (Consider China, a country of 1.3 billion, which consumes 3 billion plastic bags daily, according to China Trade News.)
About 1 million plastic bags are used every minute.
A single plastic bag can take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
More than 3.5 million tons of plastic bags, sacks and wraps were discarded in 2008.
Only 1 in 200 plastic bags in the UK are recycled
Plastic bags are the second-most common type of ocean refuse, after cigarette butts
Plastic bags remain toxic even after they break down.
Every square mile of ocean has about 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in it.
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