Say "No" to paper & plastic!

Did you know....

• In the USA, we use 100 BILLION plastic bags per year! Less than 1% are recycled.
• It takes more than 20 million barrels of oil to produce them!
• The petroleum based plastic breaks into tiny particles that contaminate soil in waterways.
• Many countries have banned plastic bags due to their detrimental impact on the environment. Australia, Ireland, South Africa, India and Kenya already have bans in areas.
• San Francisco recently passed a bill banning plastic shopping bags in their city.

What about paper bags?

• They require four times as much energy to produce than plastic.
• Paper also takes 85 times as much energy as plastic to recycle them.
• Paper takes up to nine times as much space in landfills compared to plastic

Read more articles about plastic bags.

03/27/07: San Fransicso bans plastic bags

04/18/07: City of Austin ponders plastic bag ban

04/26/07: Plastic Bags may be banned in Boston