Top Facts About Plastic Bags

Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over one million per minute. Billions end up as litter each year. According to the EPA, over 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps are consumed in the U.S. each year. According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually. Estimated cost to retailers is $4 billion. Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales and other marine mammals die every year from eating discarded plastic bags mistaken for food. In 2001, Ireland consumed 1.2 billion plastic bags, or 316 per person. An extremely successful plastic bag consumption tax, or PlasTax, introduced in 2002 reduced consumption by 90%. Approximately 18,000,000 liters of oil have been saved due to this reduced production. Governments around the world are considering implementing similar measures.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Happy EARTH DAY!!

Wow.. so it is April, 22 today. I nearly forgot that today we are celebrating EARTH DAY (ED). Actually every year I never fail to join the environmental group in my area to celebrate ED but I am sad as I was too busy and wasn't able to join them. They have a tree planting session this morning near the beach. After the tree planting there will be another activity which is to clean the beach and some children environmental drawing competition.


So because I didn't able to join their activity to celebrate the ED I will take this opportunity to talk about ED in my blog so that many people will read it worldwide to reach more people to love our environment.

Some brief history about ED.

Founded by the organizers of the first Earth Day in 1970, Earth Day Network (EDN) promotes environmental citizenship and year round progressive action worldwide.


Earth Day Network is a driving force steering environmental awareness around the world. Through Earth Day Network, activists connect, interact, and have an impact on their communities, and create positive change in local, national, and global policies. EDN's international network reaches over 17,000 organizations in 174 countries, while the domestic program engages 5,000 groups and over 25,000 educators coordinating millions of community development and environmental protection activities throughout the year. Earth Day is the only event celebrated simultaneously around the globe by people of all backgrounds, faiths and nationalities. More than a half billion people participate in our campaigns every year.


ED mission is to grow and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable planet. There are many program devised to pursue ED mission through education, politics, events, and consumer activism.


So as a good citizen of the world what we can do to day to support the ED is to play our individual roles. Started from today you should stop using plastic bag. Happy EARTH DAY !!

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