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In2Bags
Did you know?
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Canadians use about 6
billion plastic bags a year
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The raw material for
plastic bags is oil, or natural gas
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Plastic bags generally
take 400-1,000 years to decompose
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Sea turtles often mistake
plastic bag litter in the oceans for jellyfish
The End of Plastic Bags?
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CANADA |
Leaf Rapids, Manitoba
and Rossland, B.C. have banned
plastic bags from grocery and drug stores.
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CHINA |
Imposed a ban on
ultra-thin plastic bags, consumers will also have to
pay for all other plastic shopping bags. |
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ENGLAND |
Modbury was the first town in Europe to become plastic
bag free. |
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INDIA |
Mumbai banned thin
plastic bags after they were blamed for clogging
drains and sewers during deadly floods in 2006. |
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US |
San Francisco has a
ban on plastic bags in large supermarkets and
drugstores.
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Nicknames for Plastic
Bags:
Witches Britches * Modern
Tumbleweed * White Pollution
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