Pollution

 How plastic bag are affecting marine life and landfills?

Engcourge people to buy totes or plastic bags altermatives

NYC passed legisation last month retailers to collect and recycle retailers to promote plastic bags altertives

 

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  1. Document URL: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1454922641&sid=12&Fmt=3&clientId=27901&RQT=309&VName=PQD

    workmanhanna said this on 2-4-89 at 10:14 pm

  2. “Plastic bags — known as “the national flower” in South Africa and “white pollution” in China — are a global problem. About 100 billion bags are sold to retailers worldwide every year. Plastic bags and films make up about 4.5 percent of the waste in landfills, where they can take centuries to break down. At least 18 countries have adopted or considered taxes, consumer-education campaigns, usage-reduction targets or outright bans on plastic bags in the past five years.” (Ocean Conservancy

    thought you might be interested in checking this out for your paper. i found this exert from the essay “the future of recycling” in the cq researcher

    jessica said this on 2-4-89 at 5:20 am

  3. here’s the direct link for you… http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2007121400
    good luck with your paper.

    jessica said this on 2-4-89 at 5:26 am

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