Changing the World

Short video I made on plastic bags.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and Oprah

Over 15 million plastic bags are thrown away every week.
An average family spends over $250 per year on nonrenewable plastic bags.

We can all do our part. By reusing materials, we reduce not only landfill waste, but the need of the resources to create consumable goods.

Oprah shows you some ways you can help:

Why it Isn't Plastic vs. Paper

The cons of Plastic Bags:

-Plastic bags last up to 1,000 years, either in litter, landfills, or oceans and rivers.

-Petroleum and natural gas and needed to produce plastic bags which causes pollution. The energy used to transport the bags eats up resources and creates global-warming emissions.

The petroleum in 14 plastic bags is enough to drive you 1 mile. (A lot considering the average American uses on average 500 plastic bags per year.)

-Hundreds of thousands of animals die every year from eating plastic bags mistaken for food.

The Cons of paper bags:

-It takes 60% more energy to make a paper bag as it does a plastic bags.

-The production of paper bags generates 70% more air pollutants and 50 times more water pollutants than plastic bags.

-Although they are biodegradable, 80% of paper bags end up in landfills, where they do not biodegrade due to lack of oxygen. Thus, the landfill impact of paper bags in terms of weight, volume, and cost, is higher than the landfill impact of plastic bags, which are light and compact.

Solution: REUSABLE BAGS!

By bringing your own bag to the grocery store, you will be saving 22,000 plastic bags you would have used in a lifetime!

http://www.reusablebags.com/

http://www.envirosax.com/

http://www.factorydirectpromos.com/

Or you can get one at your local grocery store. (ex. Whole Foods, Safeway etc.)

Look at countries that have already banned plastic bags:

Germany, South Africa, Italy, Australia, India, Somalia, Botswana, Philippines, (coming soon) Uganda, Kenya, Japan,Turkey, Zanzibar, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Belgium, (Levy) South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, Bhutan, Malta China

Jelly Fish-Save their planet

A cute animation on plastic bags harm to marine life.
You can see more videos here: http://animalssavetheplanet.com/

Twenty Five Reasons to Go Reusable

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Why are Plastic Bags a Problem?

• They are harmful to the environment.
• Takes 1000 years to decompose into smaller pieces, which seep down into the soil and release chemicals, which eventually reach the water supply.
• Kills animals in the water when they eat plastic bags thinking they are jellyfish
• Builds up in landfills
• Manufacturing of plastic bags is harmful to the environment because nonrenewable resources are used (petroleum and natural gas). The manufacturing process itself uses toxic chemicals, pollutes the atmosphere and consumes energy.
• The transportation of the billions of plastic bags produced annually means further energy consumption, largely in the form of more petroleum.
• Stores give out unlimited amounts of plastic bags for FREE even when the costumer doesn’t really need one
• Cost in terms of energy and manpower is greater than the value of the material produced

HELP PASS BILL TO BAN PLASTIC BAGS IN CALIFORNIA

We've got until June 4 to pass a ban on plastic grocery bags out of the California Assembly. This is an important bill to help get rid of the many plastic bags polluting our environment. But the bill is under attack by bag manufacturers and others companies.

TAKE A MINUTE TO FILL OUT THE FORM!

Big push on banning plastic bags - Environment California

Our Mission

Every year, the United States consumes 100 billion plastic bags. The world annually consumes 500 billion bags. Because plastic bags take 1,000 years to decompose, they remain littered on our streets, in our landfills and our oceans. Effecting not only our society, but the environment and animals that live in it.

Our Mission is to spread awareness through education and address the significant environmental problems caused by plastic (and paper) bags. We are trying to work with both regional and international bodies to spread the message and make the change to banning plastic bags.

You may ask where you come in all of this? By bringing a reusable bag to the store when grocery shopping, (sold at most grocery stores) you will be able to greatly decrease the amount of plastic bags put into landfills. (The average American uses 300-700 plastic bags per year). And when you see this site, spread the word! It's time that we stop consuming, and start making a difference in the world.

Thank-you for your support.