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Plastic bags, and other single-use plastics, represent a huge threat to our environment. They clog our landfills, pollute our oceans, poison our soil, waterways & food chain and kill thousands of animals that mistake them for food.
THE PROBLEM
THE COST OF CONVENIENCE
THE COST OF CONVENIENCE
One of the biggest problems with plastic bags, and other single-use plastics, is that they do not biodegrade; they photodegrade, which means they break down into smaller and smaller toxic bits that leach into, and contaminate, our soil & waterways.
Plastic bags, and other single-use plastics, also:
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Stay in the environment for hundreds of years while they break down
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Get into the food chain through animals that ingest small particles of plastic
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Waste energy and non-renewable resources during the manufacturing process
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Kill an estimated 100,000 marine animals each year
Ask yourself...Is the average twelve minutes of convenience that a plastic bag gives you REALLY worth the years of pollution and damage it causes? Is it?
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Take a look at the resources below to learn more about the issues that using plastic bags, and other single-use plastics, create and the people who are doing their part to make a difference.
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