(1) A plastic bag can take up anywhere from 15 to 1000 years to decompose. In a compressed landfill a paper bag can take almost as long.
(2) It takes millions of barrels of oil to produce the amount of plastic bags the India uses a year.
(3) In the India it takes millions of trees per year to produce the amount of paper bags we use in a year.
(4) By using reusable bags just by one person will save about 22,000 plastic bags.
(5) According to Wall Street Journal, only 1% of plastic bags are recycled worldwide.
(6) Fuel cost are already too high and to make plastic bags it takes petroleum products, natural gas and other non-renewable resources.
(7) The lifespan of a reusable bag is about 700 plastic bags.
(8) In the past few years over a dozen countries have banned or put a tax on disposable bags.
(9) Most recycling facilities don’t take plastic bags because they have no value to them so they end up in the dump with all the other trash.
(10) Because of ingesting of discarded plastic bags hundreds of thousands of animals die each year.
(11) Toxins are released each day by companies that produce plastic bags because it takes chemical to produce these items.
Disposable plastic are everywhere. The average Indian uses it around 6 per week. It is simple math 6 times 100 crore people in the India and you see how much waste is accumulated just with only 1 items. So next time, when you go to the store remember to use reusable paper bags.
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