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Plastic Bags<em> In a post entitled "Plastic Bags Blow!" <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/4359906568/">Flickr user Kate Ter Haar</a> writes: Every year, around 500 billion plastic bags are used worldwide. 500,000,000,000. When I see wayward plastic bags blowing and being caught on trees and bushes I am reminded why I use reusable bags. I little effort on my part helps eliminate plastic bag pollution as noted in the photo.</em>1
Plastic Bags<em>In a post entitled "A Fine Mess," <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylar/3863837709/">Flickr user Ingrid Tayler</a> wrote: Part of a tangled fishing line we found -- and detangled -- on Pacifica beach. A number of mollusks and crustaceans were caught in the multi-hook line, entwined with a plastic bag. We set them free after we cut away the line.</em>2
Plastic Bags<em>In a post titled "This is Why I've Started Carrying My Own Damn Bags, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewbain/2207065273/">Flickr user Andrew Bain write</a>s: I think this is about a year's worth of highly compressed plastic bags from the storage bin where I've been smooshing them, stuck in a dark corner of my kitchen. This photo doesn't really show it, but the pile is thick enough to wade through, coming maybe halfway up my calves if I stand in the middle. And mind you, I live on my own, so these are just the bags that have accumulated from me and me alone going to the store to buy things. Unbelievable. Packing them up and dropping them off for the recycling. This is just ridiculous.</em>3
Plastic BagsEach year nearly <strong>380 billion</strong> plastic bags are used in the US -- any only <strong>7 percent</strong> of them are recycled. The plastic scourge clogs waterways and takes hundreds of years to break down into smaller plastic bits (the bags don't biodegrade). They also often makes their way into animals' bodies: birds and fish especially like to eat the pieces, which often look like food....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/egregious-packaging-hall-of-shame-plastic-bags-truly-do-suck/'>READ ARTICLE</a>4
packaging the future_plastic bagsEach year nearly <strong>380 billion</strong> plastic bags are used in the US -- any only <strong>7 percent</strong> of them are recycled. The plastic scourge clogs waterways and takes hundreds of years to break down into smaller plastic bits (the bags don't biodegrade). They also often makes their way into animals' bodies: birds and fish especially like to eat the pieces, which often look like food....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/egregious-packaging-hall-of-shame-plastic-bags-truly-do-suck/'>READ ARTICLE</a>5
