No more Plastic Bags in San Francisco!
The city's Board of Supervisors approved to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in about six months and large chain pharmacies in about a year. I wish the same to happen all over the world. Read the complete story at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/28/MNGDROT5QN1.DTL
THE FACTS:
#1 According to the EPA, U.S. consumes over 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps each year.
#2 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.
#3 Manufacturing 100 billion plastic shopping bags needs an estimated 12 million barrels of oil.
#4 Plastic is forever. Bags made of HDPE persist on our planet for up to 1,000 years.
#5 The average family accumulates 60 plastic bags in only four trips to the grocery store.
#6 Plastic bags are among the 12 items of debris most often found in coastal cleanups, according to the nonprofit Center for Marine Conservation.
#7 Plastic bags cause over 100,000 sea turtle and other marine animal deaths every year when animals mistake them for food.
The city's Board of Supervisors approved to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in about six months and large chain pharmacies in about a year. I wish the same to happen all over the world. Read the complete story at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/28/MNGDROT5QN1.DTL
THE FACTS:
#1 According to the EPA, U.S. consumes over 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps each year.
#2 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.
#3 Manufacturing 100 billion plastic shopping bags needs an estimated 12 million barrels of oil.
#4 Plastic is forever. Bags made of HDPE persist on our planet for up to 1,000 years.
#5 The average family accumulates 60 plastic bags in only four trips to the grocery store.
#6 Plastic bags are among the 12 items of debris most often found in coastal cleanups, according to the nonprofit Center for Marine Conservation.
#7 Plastic bags cause over 100,000 sea turtle and other marine animal deaths every year when animals mistake them for food.
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