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Over 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps are used in the U.S. each year, and 1 trillion worldwide - over one million per minute! Billions of plastic bags end up as litter each year. What can we do? Practice BYOB – bring your own bag to the store.
That equates to 1267 plastic bags per person living in the US per year.
Plastic does not biodegrade; rather, it breaks down into smaller and smaller toxic bits that contaminate our soil and waterways.
Along with plastic bags, plastic bottles are one of the most prevalent sources of pollution found on our beaches.
Americans will buy an estimated 25 billion single-serving, plastic water bottles this year. Eight out of 10 (22 billion) will end up in a landfill.
2.7 million tons of plastic are used worldwide to bottle water each year.
1.5 million barrels of oil is used annually to produce plastic water bottles for America alone - enough to fuel some 100,000 U.S. cars for a year.
Plastic bottled water often contains polyethylene terephthalate, which may leach DEHA, a known carcinogen, if used more than once.
Standard incandescent light bulbs use 75% more energy than compact fluorescent light bulbs (CLFs).

Read this article: Reduce The Use!

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