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Saturday, April 8, 2006 12:51:34 AM

Each year, an estimated 500,000,000,000 billion to 1 trillion ugly plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over one million per minute. An estimated 4 billion plastic bags end up as litter each year. Tied end to end that’s enough to circle the earth 63 times.

Supermarkets supply consumers with 53% of the total number of plastic shopping bags used annually. Recycling levels are currently low (3%). Plastic shopping bags appear to be approximately 2% of the Australian litter stream, although reliable data on the total litter stream is unavailable. The impact of this litter is increased due to the material’s persistence in the environment and capacity to injure wildlife, particularly in marine environments.

Saturday, May 27, 2006 12:53:03 AM

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