Every year nearly 900,000,000 trees are cut down to provide raw materials for American paper and pulp mills which a huge amount goes to the paper bag industry.
Before a bag as such was invented, people carried their goods around in objects including gourds, animal horns and bull scrotums.
Plastic bags are made from nonrenewable petroleum and require the use of toxic resources during production and processing.
The raw material for plastic bags is oil, or natural gas.
Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion single-use plastic bags are consumed worldwide.
It takes more than 1,000 years to biodegrade, which means that most of the plastic we have ever manufactured is still around.
When Rebecca Hosking,a wildlife camerawoman for the BBC, filmed a documentary in Hawaii; she witnessed beaches that were covered entirely by plastic waste and sea birds and turtles that were dead or dying from ingesting the plastic.
Plastic bags generally take 400-1,000 years to decompose.
y Sea turtles often mistake plastic bag litter in the oceans for jellyfish The long term effects of plastics to marine wildlife is not yet known but the health risks from used sanitary products, razor blades, out of date medicines, used condoms, dirty needles and the like cannot be underestimated.
Canadians use about 6 billion plastic bags a year The plastic bag manufacturing business employs 7,000 people in Canada Plastic bags generally take 400-1,000 years to decompose Sea turtles often mistake plastic bag litter in the oceans for jellyfish Plastic bags can be recycled into plastic wood, used for decking, siding, park benches, among other things The average plastic bag weighs six or seven grams but can carry 6.
The SPI is the only trade association that represents all segments of the paper bag industry and the FBF is the only group that speaks for the plastic film and bag industry on both national and regional levels.
Before a bag as such was invented, people carried their goods around in objects including gourds, animal horns and bull scrotums.
Plastic bags are made from nonrenewable petroleum and require the use of toxic resources during production and processing.
The raw material for plastic bags is oil, or natural gas.
Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion single-use plastic bags are consumed worldwide.
It takes more than 1,000 years to biodegrade, which means that most of the plastic we have ever manufactured is still around.
When Rebecca Hosking,a wildlife camerawoman for the BBC, filmed a documentary in Hawaii; she witnessed beaches that were covered entirely by plastic waste and sea birds and turtles that were dead or dying from ingesting the plastic.
Plastic bags generally take 400-1,000 years to decompose.
y Sea turtles often mistake plastic bag litter in the oceans for jellyfish The long term effects of plastics to marine wildlife is not yet known but the health risks from used sanitary products, razor blades, out of date medicines, used condoms, dirty needles and the like cannot be underestimated.
Canadians use about 6 billion plastic bags a year The plastic bag manufacturing business employs 7,000 people in Canada Plastic bags generally take 400-1,000 years to decompose Sea turtles often mistake plastic bag litter in the oceans for jellyfish Plastic bags can be recycled into plastic wood, used for decking, siding, park benches, among other things The average plastic bag weighs six or seven grams but can carry 6.
The SPI is the only trade association that represents all segments of the paper bag industry and the FBF is the only group that speaks for the plastic film and bag industry on both national and regional levels.