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STOP THE INSANITY

STOP USING DISPOSABLE
GROCERY BAGS

Top Facts - Environmental Impact

Hundreds of thousands of sea
turtles, whales and other marine
mammals die every year from
eating discarded plastic bags
mistaken for food.

Plastic bags don’t biodegrade, they
photo degrade—breaking down
into smaller and smaller toxic bits
contaminating soil and waterways
and entering the food web when
animals accidentally ingest.

As part of Clean Up Australia Day,
in one day nearly 500,000 plastic
bags were collected.

Windblown plastic bags are so
prevalent in Africa that a cottage
industry has sprung up harvesting
bags and using them to weave
hats, and even bags. According to
the BBC, one group harvests
30,000 per month.

Plastic bags are among the 12
items of debris most often found in
coastal cleanups, according to the
nonprofit Center for Marine
Conservation.
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