https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j Plastic bags are polluting our world, and a plastic bag ban is the answer! en-us 2016-09-08 15:09:10 UTC 2023-09-09 21:20:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/129783624/c2587e7f067e397915913e4d57970e32/plasticbag_244x300.png mrg210 https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/122473515 Plastic bags are everywhere. Even in places they shouldn't be. According to source #1, Americans use approximately 100 billion bags each year! The average family uses about 60 bags in just 4 trips to the grocery store! That's a lot of groceries! A paper bag or reusable bag would work just as well, if not better!]]> 2016-09-08 15:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/122473515 mrg210 https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/122769682 Reusable bags are better than plastic bags. Trust me on this one. Reusable bags can be used several times. A plastic bag can only be used once or twice. The plastic bag will be polluted eventually and only 3% of plastic bags are recycled. That means 3 billion out of 100 billion plastic bags are recycled each year.]]> 2016-09-09 15:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/122769682 mrg210 https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/122776651 The Irish put a tax on plastic bags and they received a great outcome. The outcome was a surprising 90% decline in the number of plastic bags that were found in their waste. In 2012, the tax on plastic bags led to a drop from 328 bags per each person, to 14 bags per each person. The Irish tax ban is the start to a cleaner world.]]> 2016-09-09 15:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/122776651 mrg210 https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/122779361 Plastic bags are 100% recyclable! But the bad news is, not all plastic bags are recycled. Like I referred to above, only 3% of plastic bags in the world are recycled!]]> 2016-09-09 15:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/122779361 mrg210 https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/123235532 2016-09-12 17:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/123235532 mrg210 https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/123237096 2016-09-12 17:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/123237096 mrg210 https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/123239729 The other side can argue that plastic bags are more convenient, although they aren't. Reusable bags can be used anytime, anywhere, and are also just as recyclable as plastic bags!]]> 2016-09-12 17:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mrg210/ay7ncazjdh2j/wish/123239729