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.

Monday, April 21, 2008

How Hard It Is To Change People Mindset.


Do you know that changing people mindset is the hardest thing to do? I have been talking about not using plastic bag with my friends and family members,when they go for shopping but you see people are still so ignorant. Last week I went to supermarket to but some fruits. And I brought with me my reusable environmental friendly bag in my pocket. When I went to the counter to pay I told the cashier that she doesn't have to put those fruits into a plastic bag as I have my own bag. She insisted to put them into plastic bag for some reason which are to make it easier for the security guard at the door to look at it and she also told me that it was the company policy. Only when I insist to see the manager on duty then she let me use my own bag. That cost me a beautiful 10 minutes arguing with her. What a waste of my time and that company should be closed down for not being supportive to reduce the use of plastic bags.

Posted by Sunduvan at 6:38 AM
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