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- The U.S.
uses 100 Billion plastic bags annually, which is the energy equivalent
of 12 Million barrels of oil.
- Less than
1% of plastic bags are ever recycled.
- Plastic Bags
kill sea animals that mistake them for food or become entangled
in them.
- It costs
California taxpayers $20.5 Million to collect and landfill plastic
bag waste each year.
- This does
not include external costs, e.g. pollution, risk and threat to
marine life, economic loss due to litter, etc.
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