https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn en-us 2016-09-08 14:18:44 UTC 2023-06-25 22:12:14 UTC hello@padlet.com dlk210 https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn/wish/122447582 Plastic bags are 100% recyclable so if everyone recycled the bags we would not have a problem. According to source #1, Americans use an estimated 100 billion plastic bags every year, that means that we need the bags because we use them every day]]> 2016-09-08 14:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn/wish/122447582 dlk210 https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn/wish/122451598 Bags do not take up that much space. According to source #2, they only take up 0.5% of the U.S municipal  waste streams. Plastic bags are not single use bags, 9 out of 10 of Americans reuse their plastic bag at least once.]]> 2016-09-08 14:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn/wish/122451598 dlk210 https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn/wish/123133270 Plastic bags bans or taxes are common in Europe and other parts of the world. Countries like Ireland, Eritrea and Taiwan either ban distribution of plastic bags or tax them. Although many lightweight plastic bags are conceivably recyclable, they are not widely recycled because they clog sorting machinery.]]> 2016-09-12 14:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn/wish/123133270 dlk210 https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn/wish/123136159 Americans use an estimated 100 billion plastic bags. ]]> 2016-09-12 14:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn/wish/123136159 dlk210 https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn/wish/123139970 Plastic bags are 100% recyclable.]]> 2016-09-12 14:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dlk210/o1f8u7jbewjn/wish/123139970