Plastic Bags In Our World by Kaitlyn Zeigler https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd Plastic bags are hurting our environment. en-us 2017-09-05 12:54:25 UTC 2025-11-11 03:16:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Facts 1,2, and 3 kkz220 https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd/wish/184723510 1. Americans use more than 100 billion plastic bags each year, more than 300 bags per person per year.   
2.Nearly 100 cities, towns, and countries across the US have banned plastic bags, half of them in the past year . 
3.Retail businesses spend more than $4 billion per year to provide plastic bags. 


]]> 2017-09-05 13:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd/wish/184723510 Facts 4,5, and 6 kkz220 https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd/wish/185470615 4. One million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals are killed annually from plastic bags in our oceans 
5. 44 percent of all seabird species, 22 percent of cetaceans, all sea turtle species and a growing list of fish species have been documented with plastic in or around their bodies. 
6. 80 percent of marine debris comes from land-based waste.  ]]> 2017-09-07 12:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd/wish/185470615 Facts 7, 8, 9, and 10 kkz220 https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd/wish/185473608 7. 85 percent of all sea turtles will be injured or killed by plastic bags in their lifetime. 
8. In the ocean, plastics break down into small, plankton-sized particles that can outnumber plankton six to one. 
9. Marine wildlife often mistake plastic bags for food. 
10. During the 2011 International Coastal Cleanup, volunteers collected 120,450 pounds of bags in the United States. ]]> 2017-09-07 12:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd/wish/185473608 3 Solutions kkz220 https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd/wish/185480203 1. We can work on making edible plastic bags so when the animals eat them they can digest them. 
2. If we see any plastic bags rolling around anywhere pick them up and take them to a recycling center so they can be disposed of properly.
3. The federal government could ban the use of plastic bags everywhere and make it mandatory for people to use reusable bags. ]]> 2017-09-07 13:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd/wish/185480203 A video that can show you the dangers of plastic bags and what there doing to the poor lives of animals and our environment. kkz220 https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd/wish/185486044 2017-09-07 13:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kkz220/771qhkbe98rd/wish/185486044