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The Global Downfall of the Plastic Bag
2014-05-02 15:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Worldwide, a trillion single-use plastic bags are used each year, nearly 2 million each minute. Usage varies widely among countries, from more than 400 a year for many East Europeans, to just four a year for people in Denmark and Finland. Plastic bags, made of depletable natural gas or petroleum resources, are often used only for a matter of minutes. Yet they last in the environment for hundreds of years, shredding into ever-smaller pieces but never fully breaking down. Over the last century,...
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