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Data released by the United States
  Environmental Protection Agency
shows that somewhere between 500
   o      a o              b
 billion and a trillion plastic bags are
   consumed worldwide each year.  year

   National Geographic News September 2 2003
                                      2,
Less than 1% of bags are recycled.
 It cost more to recycle a bag than
       to produce a new one.




               - Christian Science Monitor News Paper
“There's harsh economics behind
  There s
 bag recycling: It costs $4,000 to
process and recycle 1 ton of plastic
 bags,
 bags which can then be sold on
 the commodities market for $32”

                       - Jared Blumenfeld
                         Ja ed u e e d
  (Director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment)
Then…
Where Do They Go?
A study in 1975, showed oceangoing vessels
together dumped 8 million pounds of plastic
   g          p              p          p
  annually. The real reason that the world's
landfills weren't overflowing with plastic was
because most of it ended up in an ocean-fill
                                     ocean-




                        - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Bags get bl
         blown around…
                    d
…to different parts of our lands
…and to our seas, lakes and rivers.
Bags find their way into the sea
 via d
     drains and sewage pipes
               d




                - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007
Plastic bags have been found
 floating
 fl ti north of the Arctic Circle
              th f th A ti Ci l
near Spitzbergen, and as far south
       p       g ,
       as the Falkland Islands




                     - British Antarctic Survey
Plastic bags account for over 10
percent of the debris washed up on
          f h d bi        h d
         t e U.S. coastline
         the U S coast e




                - National Marine Debris Monitoring Program
Plastic bags photodegrade:
 Over time they break down into
 O      i    h b kd          i
smaller, o e toxic petro po y e s
s a e , more to c pet o-polymers
                   petro-




                - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007
which eventually contaminate soils
         and waterways




                 - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007
As a consequence microscopic
particles can enter the food chain




                 - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007
The effect on wildlife can be catastrophic




                       - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005
Birds become terminally entangled




                  - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005
The%20 Dangers%20of Plastic%20 Bags
Nearly 200 different species of sea
life including whales, dolphins, seals
               whales dolphins
  and turtles die due to plastic bags




                     - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005
They die after ingesting plastic bags
   which they mistake for food




                    - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005
So…
     So
What do we do?
If we use a cloth bag,
we can save 6 bags a week
              b          k
That s 24 bags a month
That's
That s 288 bags a year
That's
That's 22,176 bags
in
i an average life time
              lif i
If just   1 out of 5 people in our country did this
                    we would save
          1,330,560,000,000 bags
                   over our life time
Bangladesh has
banned plastic bags
b    d l i b




            - MSNBC.com March 8, 2007
China has banned free plastic bags




                   - CNN.com/asia January 9, 2008
Ireland took the lead in Europe,
                             p ,
taxing plastic bags in 2002 and
 have now reduced plastic bag
 h            d    d l ti b
      consumption by 90%




                   - BBC News August 20, 2002
In 2005 Rwanda
banned plastic bags
b     d l i b




                  - Associated Press
Israel, Ca ada, western India, Botswana,
  s ae , Canada, este      d a, ots a a,
Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Taiwan, and
Singapore have also banned or are moving
   g p                                   g
      toward banning the plastic bag




                       - PlanetSave.com February 16, 2008
On March 27th 2007, San
                   2007
Francisco becomes first U.S. city
      to ban plastic bags




                     - NPR.org (National Public Radio)
Oakland and Boston are
  considering a ban
       id i     b




             - The Boston Globe May 20, 2007
Plastic shopping bags are
   made from polyethylene:
a thermoplastic made from oil




              - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007
Reducing plastic bags will decrease
     foreign il d
     f i oil dependency
                      d
China will save 37 million barrels of
 oil each year d t th i b of
  il    h        due to their ban f
          free plastic bags
               p          g




                     - CNN.com/asia January 9, 2008
It is possible...
      possible...

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The%20 Dangers%20of Plastic%20 Bags

  • 1. Data released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shows that somewhere between 500 o a o b billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. year National Geographic News September 2 2003 2,
  • 2. Less than 1% of bags are recycled. It cost more to recycle a bag than to produce a new one. - Christian Science Monitor News Paper
  • 3. “There's harsh economics behind There s bag recycling: It costs $4,000 to process and recycle 1 ton of plastic bags, bags which can then be sold on the commodities market for $32” - Jared Blumenfeld Ja ed u e e d (Director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment)
  • 5. A study in 1975, showed oceangoing vessels together dumped 8 million pounds of plastic g p p p annually. The real reason that the world's landfills weren't overflowing with plastic was because most of it ended up in an ocean-fill ocean- - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
  • 6. Bags get bl blown around… d
  • 7. …to different parts of our lands
  • 8. …and to our seas, lakes and rivers.
  • 9. Bags find their way into the sea via d drains and sewage pipes d - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007
  • 10. Plastic bags have been found floating fl ti north of the Arctic Circle th f th A ti Ci l near Spitzbergen, and as far south p g , as the Falkland Islands - British Antarctic Survey
  • 11. Plastic bags account for over 10 percent of the debris washed up on f h d bi h d t e U.S. coastline the U S coast e - National Marine Debris Monitoring Program
  • 12. Plastic bags photodegrade: Over time they break down into O i h b kd i smaller, o e toxic petro po y e s s a e , more to c pet o-polymers petro- - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007
  • 13. which eventually contaminate soils and waterways - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007
  • 14. As a consequence microscopic particles can enter the food chain - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007
  • 15. The effect on wildlife can be catastrophic - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005
  • 16. Birds become terminally entangled - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005
  • 18. Nearly 200 different species of sea life including whales, dolphins, seals whales dolphins and turtles die due to plastic bags - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005
  • 19. They die after ingesting plastic bags which they mistake for food - World Wildlife Fund Report 2005
  • 20. So… So What do we do?
  • 21. If we use a cloth bag, we can save 6 bags a week b k
  • 22. That s 24 bags a month That's
  • 23. That s 288 bags a year That's
  • 24. That's 22,176 bags in i an average life time lif i
  • 25. If just 1 out of 5 people in our country did this we would save 1,330,560,000,000 bags over our life time
  • 26. Bangladesh has banned plastic bags b d l i b - MSNBC.com March 8, 2007
  • 27. China has banned free plastic bags - CNN.com/asia January 9, 2008
  • 28. Ireland took the lead in Europe, p , taxing plastic bags in 2002 and have now reduced plastic bag h d d l ti b consumption by 90% - BBC News August 20, 2002
  • 29. In 2005 Rwanda banned plastic bags b d l i b - Associated Press
  • 30. Israel, Ca ada, western India, Botswana, s ae , Canada, este d a, ots a a, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Taiwan, and Singapore have also banned or are moving g p g toward banning the plastic bag - PlanetSave.com February 16, 2008
  • 31. On March 27th 2007, San 2007 Francisco becomes first U.S. city to ban plastic bags - NPR.org (National Public Radio)
  • 32. Oakland and Boston are considering a ban id i b - The Boston Globe May 20, 2007
  • 33. Plastic shopping bags are made from polyethylene: a thermoplastic made from oil - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007
  • 34. Reducing plastic bags will decrease foreign il d f i oil dependency d
  • 35. China will save 37 million barrels of oil each year d t th i b of il h due to their ban f free plastic bags p g - CNN.com/asia January 9, 2008
  • 36. It is possible... possible...