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Plastic Facts

Posted by on Jul 18, 2011 in News | 0 comments

Plastic Facts

Plastic bags pollute the landscape, and take between 20 to 1,000 years to fully break down. Facts The average American household uses approximately 900 plastic bags per year, adding up to a 100 billion plastic shopping bags used in households across the country annually. Worldwide, between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed each year. Paper bags are recycling at a higher rate than plastic, but at the expense of our most Valuable resource-...

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Say No To Plastic Bags

Posted by on May 24, 2009 in News | 0 comments

Say No To Plastic Bags

The Shocking Facts About Polyethylene Bags by Julie Burtinshaw We can lessen our environmental footprint by minimizing our use of plastic shopping bags. If we do so, our world will become a cleaner, safer place for all living things There is one simple action we can all take that will have an enormous impact on the health of our planet and its inhabitants. The next time you shop, don’t leave the store carrying a plastic bag. If everyone did this, one of the most lethal polluters created by man would be removed from circulation. Consider...

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What is plastic?

Posted by on May 24, 2009 in News | 0 comments

What is plastic?

EPA According to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), over 380 billion plastic bags are consumed each year in the United States alone. The average American household uses approximately 900 plastic bags per year. These bags have a high cost. The Dangers: Plastic bags will never biodegrade. they will pollute our land and water indefinitely. Less than 3% of plastic bags are recycled. Also, the cost of recycling bags is hundreds of times higher than producing new bags. Plastic bags break down into smaller toxic debris which contaminates...

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