Hey everybody, Its Reggie. I am sure everyone has seen or is using recyclable grocery bags. You know those green cube like bags hanging from a display tree in your local grocery store. It took me a good two months to put myself in the habit to always have them where they are handy. I keep two in the car, and always carry one when just walking in the neighborhood. The key to this Eco-friendly bag is accompanied with what I like to call Eco-friendly shopping. By using these bags I have limited space and a limited number of bags so I only buy the essential items not having to waste food that wont be eaten. Making a list is also helpful. Before the Eco bags I just bought stuff. Now I can see a dramatic difference in my shopping habits.
Plastic and Paper Bag Facts to Think About:
- A Plastic bag takes 450 years to biodegrade. Imagine 10 billion of them.
- The production of paper bags causes 70% more pollution than Plastic.
- When plastic degrades it ends up in our oceans. Incidentally, it appears much like a plankton, and is then consumed by fish. Fish eat it, and it winds up on your dinner table.
- The recycling of plastic emits heavy metals into the air causing extreme air pollution.
- An average person will use over 350 bags in a single year!
- In New York City, one less grocery bag per person would reduce waste by five million pounds and save $250,000 in disposal costs!
- In 1999 more than 14 million trees were cut down to produce 10 billion paper bags that were used by Americans that year!
- The recipe for making paper bags starts with 1 part pulp, 400 parts water. What a waste of water!
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