The problem with plastic bags.
Usage of plastic bags.
Plastic bags for national security duty free and airport bags export or agricultural uses.
Incentives aren t offered for single use plastic bag alternatives.
San francisco was the first to do so in 2007.
The worldwatch institute estimates that 4 5 trillion plastic bags were produced in 2002.
For hungry sea turtles it s nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic shopping bags.
We guess the number hasn t gone down since then and use the upper estimate of 5 trillion.
Governments frequently fail to offer subsidies for bags you can reuse.
They also don t require recycled content usage in biodegradable or recycled rpet plastic bags.
Some businesses have stopped offering their customers plastic bags and many communities are considering a ban on plastic bags.
Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food filling their stomachs with toxic debris.
When you are traveling plastic bags can be used to wrap up breakable souvenirs.
For moving use them to wrap things that might break during the move by wrapping small breakables in their own bags and wrapping the excess bag to keep the items from breaking.
Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean.
Use them as packing material.