SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT PLASTICS

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• Plastic bags are made of polyethylene
• Polyethylene is a petroleum product
• Production contributes to air pollution and energy consumption
• 4-5 trillion plastic bags are manufactured every year
• It takes 1000 years for a polyethylene to break down
• As polyethylene break down, toxic substances leach into the soil and enter the food chain
• Approximately, 1 billion sea birds and mammals die per year by indigesting plastic bags
• Plastic bags are often mistaken as food by mammals.                                                                                   
• Plastic bags choke landfills
• Plastic bags are carried by the wind into the forest, ponds, rivers, and lakes.
• Burning plastics leads to thinning of ozone layer.
• Improper disposal results to blockage of drainage.