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Paper or plastic? NEITHER!!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Recently, it seems that many stores are trying to do their part in reducing pollution caused by paper and plastic bags by selling reusable cloth bags as alternatives. If used two times a week for two years, each reusable bag will save 832 plastic bags, enough petroleum to drive 60 miles, 11 pounds of garbage and $140 the city spends on disposal. Investing in some reusable bags is a good way to do your part in helping the environment. But until then, become and educated consumer with these facts:

  • It takes 70% more global warming gases to make a paper bag instead of a plastic bag.
  • The petroleum used to make 14 plastic bags could drive a car 1 mile.
  • An estimated 100,000 marine animals are killed annually by plastic bags.
  • Cities spend up to 17 cents per bag in disposal costs—wasting millions of tax dollars.
  • In some parts of the ocean there are 6 pounds of plastics for every pound of fish.
  • Americans use 380 million plastic bags every year.
  • Paper bags do not biodegrade in landfills.

Source: http://www.onebagatatime.com/index.php?page=misc&section=solution

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