where our plastic bags end up...
- People consume over 1 MILLION plastic bags per MINUTE
- Hundreds of thousands of marine mammals die every year from eating discarded plastic bags that they mistake for food.
- Plastic bags don’t biodegrade, they photodegrade. This means when in the sun, they break down into smaller and smaller toxic bits contaminating soil and waterways as well as entering the food web when animals accidentally ingest the bits.
Oh my!
Garbage Island?
Plastic bags are just the beginning. Plastic water bottles fill up our landfills and oceans in epic proportions. In this video clip, Oprah talks about the tragic consequences to our marine life (and ourselves) due to accumulated plastic waste.
This video clip (only a couple minutes) is a must watch, especially if you have never seen garbage island (twice the size of Texas in the Pacific)
So what can we do?
- Bring reusable shopping bags to the grocery store
- SKIP plastic water bottles and go reusable! Read more on the top brand choices here
