Graphic: Suffocating The World with Plastic Bags

27 Nov, 2012

Suffocating the worldIt’s just a super-thin, plas­tic bag. You’re stand­ing in line at the gro­cery store when you real­ize that you don’t have your reusable bag. You’ll have to get a plas­tic bag. Again. You feel bad for a moment and then think that it’s just one bag. But it isn’t …

In the U.S. alone, 280 bil­lion plas­tic bags are used each year, which is enough to stretch around the earth nearly 30,000 times. Making and using plas­tic bags has more reper­cus­sions than you might think. Check out the info­graphic below to see how exactly plas­tic bags affect our cities, our envi­ron­ment and even our economy.

Suffocating the world

Created by: LearnStuff.com

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  • http://twitter.com/TIENDAGENTESANA GENTE SANA

    Alright but what is the solution?what can be used instead plas­tic bags?

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Morgan-Griffith/1559545343 Morgan Griffith

    I was told by a not very green friend that plas­tic gro­cery bags would com­pletely dis­in­te­grate when buried (as in the midst of a garbage dump) within 6 months. Well I buried a bag under­ground in my back­yard and then marked its rest­ing place. Dug it up 6 months later. Didn’t need to mark it, the bag was still very much intact.

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  • Rox

    Reusable cloth bags, or, boxes from home just for a few ideas, Gente. Most stores now sell cloth bags near the counter I have noticed. Also, give bags as gifts so oth­ers can use them!

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  • http://twitter.com/laalicia La Alicia

    I love my reusable fab­ric bags. If a cashier will let me and my purse is big enough, I will just put my pur­chases directly in after pay­ing. :)

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