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Plastic Menace

by Aaditya Singh | 23-06-2013 15:32 recommendations 0
The more I read, the more I learn the more I learn, the more I wonder- why plastic and more than that plastic bags are even allowed to be manufactured. I want to share with all, some nasty plastic facts that I found out recently. Let us try to minimise the use of plastic, reuse the plastic that we have and recycle what can not be reused.

NASTY PLASTIC FACTS

*  Only 1-3% of plastic bags are recycled worldwide.  
*  Industry figures show 90% of all grocery bags are plastic.  
*  Plastic bags are made of polyethylene which is a petroleum product.  Production contributes to air pollution and energy consumption.  
*  It takes 1000 years for polyethylene bags to break down.  
*  The amount of petroleum used to make 1 plastic bag would drive a car about 11 meters.  
*  Plastic bags don't biodegrade, they photodegrade- breaking down into smaller and smaller toxic bits contaminating soil and waterways.  They then enter the foodweb when animals accidently ingest them.  
*  86% of all known species of sea turtles have had reported problems of entanglement or ingestine of marine debris.  
*  Approximately 1 billion seabirds and mammals die each year by ingesting plastic bags.  Not only that, these poor animals suffer a painful death.  The plastic wraps around their intestines or they choke to death.


Source: http://loveyourearth.org/Plastic_Bag_Facts.html

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12 Comments

  • says :
    Thank you for sharing.
    Posted 24-08-2013 15:55

  • says :
    wonderful
    Posted 25-06-2013 21:53

  • Rohan Kapur says :
    Useful information...thanks for sharing
    Posted 25-06-2013 14:28

  • says :
    Nice to share.
    Posted 25-06-2013 11:54

  • says :
    the most surprising one is that "The amount of petroleum used to make 1 plastic bag would drive a car about 11 meters."
    Posted 25-06-2013 11:39

  • says :
    Very informative. thanks
    Posted 25-06-2013 03:16

Aaditya Singh

  • Aaditya Singh says :
    Thanks Eco Generation.
    Posted 24-06-2013 16:07

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Aaditya Singh

  • Aaditya Singh says :
    Thanks all for acknowledging.
    Posted 24-06-2013 05:17

Dharmendra Kapri

  • says :
    useful article...
    Thanks
    Posted 23-06-2013 21:07

  • says :
    good and useful information!
    Posted 23-06-2013 19:59

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