Posted on Feb 1, 2010 at 1:17 PM
The statistics and information gathered on the effects of plastic bags on our enviroment is quite astounding.� Here are some facts that are sure to make you say no thank you at the checkout and carry our own reusable, recycled totes.� Environmentally friendly totes are fast becoming the most popular ECO-conscious promotional product.� They are inexpensive, extremely useful and tremendous advertising vehicles.� They are the natural solution to our plastic bag problems.� Check out these facts:
-Four to five trillion plastic bags are manufactured each year
-As many as one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) plastic bags are used annually worldwide and only 1% of these are recycled
-Plastic bags are made from polyethylene, which is a thermoplastic made from crude oil.� Chinese people use billions of plastic bags and their ban on free plastic bags will save them over 37 million barrels of oil annually!
-It takes 1,000 years for polyethylene bags to break down
-As polyethylene breaks down, toxic substances leach into the soil and enter the food chain
-Plastic bags account for 10% of all coastline debris in the U.S.
-Eight million pounds of plastic end up in our oceans killing our wildlife to the tune of appoximately one billion seabirds and mammals.� These animals suffer a painful death.� The plastic wraps around their intestines or they choke to death.
-Plastic bags choke landfills
-If one out of five people in North America convert from plastic bags to reusable cloth totes, it will save our enviroment from the damage of 1.3�TRILLION bags in our lifetime
WILL YOU BE ONE OF THEM?
Loblaws took a leadership role in January 2009 by charging $0.05 for each plastic bag and thereby hopefully reducing their usage.� Your company can take a leadership role in this initiative by using reusable, recycled tote bags as a promotional vehicle whenever possible.�
Post a Comment
