Reduce:
Get a reusable bag and cut down on your use of plastic bags. Also you could buy one of those new bags for life carrier bags because they are not plastic.
Reuse:
One way is to just reuse them - when you go to the shop or something, just take along a few bags and use them... Plastic bags can be reused easily since they are sturdier than paper bags. There are also tons of uses for them - carrying, stuffing, etc. Recycle: Yes, all plastic can be recycled, even bags. Plastic grocery bags can be recycled, you have to take them to a recycling center or even at HEB you can recycle plastic bags. Some places provide recycling bins for plastic bags - they get sent to recycling facilities YES, please recycle them because it will help the environment. They get melted and turned into blocks of plastic.
Some Giant Eagles have plastic bag recycling bins. Or you could save them and use them to clean up after pets or other things. Then you have re-used it and that helps a lot!
3ways
1. Blow them away
2. Don't go somewhere with plastic bags(grocery stores)
3. Throw them away! its a way to help the earth!
plastic bags such as sandwich bags
We would adapt. As we have in the past. Before plastic bags came into the picture - baskets, or cloth bags, then paper bags, boxes where used.
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A common estimate is that global consumption of plastic bags is over 500 billion plastic bags annually. Yes that's 500,000,000,000 plastic bags used per year. In other words, that's almost 1 million plastic bags used per minute.As if that's not enough, some environmental groups have estimated that up to 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide each year. Now, depending on your definition of the word "trillion", that would be 1,000,000,000,000 plastic bags!
Plastic bags are made from oil, which is a non-renewable resourceMany plastic bags end up in the oceans, where they threaten the lives of marine animals. Turtles and fish swallow the floating bags, mistaking them for jellyfish.Plastic shopping bags are designed to be used once, and then discarded. This is unsustainable.
If poly bags are recycled correctly they are 100% recyclable. If they are not disposed of properly animals can eat the plastic or become entangled in the plastic.
If anything is disposed of improperly or carelessly, it can cause problems. My problem with the disposal of plastic bags and poly bags has more to do with how it is being disposed as opposed to what is being disposed. Unfortunately, there is a lot of chatter concerning the banning of plastic shopping bags and poly bags. I think this is a very bad idea. It will destroy US jobs. Less than 1% of all plastic waste in landfills is attributed to plastic bags. We put more plastic based products into our bags at the supermarket than the plastic bags themselves. Reusable / recyclable bags are the only answer along with strict recycling laws. You can purchase a wide array of plastic bags, paper bags, poly bags, shopping bags, grocery bags, non woven tote bags at http://isellpackaging.com
many plastic bags
many plastic bags
plastic bags such as sandwich bags
no
polysecrene
the plastic used for shopping bags is called polyethylene.
We would adapt. As we have in the past. Before plastic bags came into the picture - baskets, or cloth bags, then paper bags, boxes where used.
A plastic bag is used when going shopping. Or you can alternatively use paper bags or environmentally friendly bags (ex.
carrying things
yes