According to Clean Up Australia, each year an estimated 1 trillion bags are used and discarded around the world. In Australia alone, 3.76 billion plastic bags go to landfill or float out to sea every year.
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3.76 billion Plastic bags go to the landfill or float out to sea every year
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A Sea- turtle mistook a blue plastic bag as jelly fish |
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“Plastic wastes choke seas across the globe. This form of pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems we face, and it's only getting worse as plastic production continues to grow.” ??(Source:? theecologist.org) |
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“A person's use of a plastic check-out bag can be counted in minutes - however long it takes to get from the shops to their homes. Plastic bags however, can take between 15 and 1000 years to break down in the environment. |
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“Plastic bags are produced from polymers derived from petroleum. The amount of petroleum used to make a plastic bag would drive a car about 11 metres”? (Source - CUA) |
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“Over 10 million reusable polypropylene 'green' grocery bags have been sold by Coles, Woolworths and Safeway stores. At only $1-2 each they're a cheap way to save Australia's wildlife!”??? (Source -planetark.org)
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SAY NO TO PLASTIC BAGS |
Current plastic bag alternatives |
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Green bags |
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Green Bags are also called non woven polypropylene bags. Most of us have at least a couple of green bags around our house and we use them in place of the single-use bags when we shop - provided we remember to take them with us. |
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Each green bag lasts around two years and saves the average household about 500 plastic bags a year. They are also recyclable through our major supermarkets. And if they do happen to find their way out to sea, they pose less of a threat to marine life because they are unlikely to be mistaken for jellyfish”?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????
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Compared to calico (cotton) and canvas bags, non woven bags are less expensive alternatives and non woven reusable green bags can last at least two years.? |
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“Nonwoven fabrics are engineered fabrics that may be a limited life, single-use fabric or a very durable fabric. Nonwoven fabrics provide specific functions such as absorbency, liquid repellency, resilience, stretch, softness, strength, flame retardancy, washability, cushioning, filtering, bacterial barrier and sterility. These properties are often combined to create fabrics suited for specific jobs, while achieving a good balance between product use-life and cost. They can mimic the appearance, texture and strength of a woven fabric and can be as bulky as the thickest paddings. In combination with other materials they provide a spectrum of products with diverse properties, and are used alone or as components of apparel, home furnishings, health care, engineering, industrial and consumer goods”
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Blue Shopping bags |
Natural Fibre Bags |
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“The other alternatives are calico (cotton) bags , canvas bags because ?they are re?usable, reducing the demand for single-use plastic bags. They are also biodegradable, taking around two years to break down” |
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Biodegradable plastic bags |
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“Biodegradable plastic bags have been around for a while, but their take-up rate to date has been small. Until now, they have been expensive to produce, and do not have to meet any regulatory standards of biodegradability. Some are made from corn-starch and starch-polymer blends, but others are still crude oil-based, which means that the amount of time needed to break them down can vary significantly. While some are fully compostable, it is unclear how we as consumers are supposed to recognize the difference”
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Use enviro bag is a small step to help the earth |
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Sources: |
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Plastic bags |
http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/waste/plastic-bags/index.html |
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Say No to Plastic Bags Today |
http://www.noplasticbags.org.au/home/default.aspx |
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Go Plastic Bag Free! |
http://plasticbags.planetark.org/faqs/ |
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Stemming the plastic tide |
http://www.science.qld.gov.au/dsdweb/v4/apps/web/content.cfm?id=12962 |
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Clean Up Australia Day 2011 |
http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/about/faq |
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The plastic bag challenge |
http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/waste/plastic-bags/challenge.html |
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Plastic Pollution Coalition is a new campaign calling for an outright ban on single-use plastic products. Will you support them? |
http://www.theecologist.org/ |
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Plastic Bags and the Environment |
http://plasticbags.planetark.org/about/environment.cfm |
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Remember to BYO Bags when you go shopping |
http://www.byobags.com.au/Home.mvc |
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Clean Up the World! |
http://www.cleanuptheworld.org/en/ |
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Plastic Bags Ban in South Australia |
http://www.zerowaste.sa.gov.au/plastic-bags |
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Frequently Asked Questions about plastic bags reduction campaign |
http://plasticbags.planetark.org/faqs/ |