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Plastic bags - just say "No!"

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20 million Australians currently use around 5 billion plastic check-out bags every year.

That so few people can use so much plastic says a lot about our wasteful habits. A person's use of a plastic check-out bag can be counted in minutes - however long it takes to get groceries from the shops to their homes. These bags, however, can last for hundreds of years.

Combine the growing number of plastic bags used every year with the time it takes for them to break down and you have a major environmental problem.

They end up blocking drains and trapping birds. When eaten they kill livestock.

In the marine environment, plastic bag litter is lethal, killing thousands of whales, turtles and other sea life every year.
julesrs007

1 response // Plastic bags - just say "No!"

  • THANK you for the post.

    PLEASE, everyone get re-usable canvas bags.
    If you have plastic bags already, recycle them and don't go back to using them.

    They are killing off whole species of animals.
    onechance

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