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Survey of plastic
1.
2. Total- 1 trillion
Total number of plastic bags China consumes everyday 3 billion
Total number of plastic bags used every minute 1 million
Total number of years it takes for a plastic bag to degrade 1,000 years
Total amount of plastic bags that were discarded in 2008 3.5 million tons
Total amount of plastic floating in every square mile of ocean 46,000 pieces
Average amount of plastic bags consumed per family in 4 trips to the
grocery store
60
Percent of plastic made every year that will end up in the ocean 10%
Total amount of plastic bags used by U.S. citizens every year 100 billion
Average amount of plastic bottles a U.S. household will use each year 500 plastic bottles
Percent of household waste that is plastic 11%
3. FAST FACTS ON PLASTIC BAGS
Over 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year worldwide.
China consumes 3 billion plastic bags daily.
About 1 million plastic bags are used every minute.
A plastic bag can take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
Only 1 in 200 plastic bags in the UK are recycled .
Every square mile of ocean has about 46,000 pieces of
plastic floating in it.
4. THE PROBLEM
• An estimated 6 billion plastic bags are
consumed.
• The average family accumulates 60
plastic bags.
• An estimated 3,960,000 tons of plastic
bags, sack and wraps were produced
in 2008. Of those, 3,570,000 tons
(90%) were discarded. This is almost
triple the amount discarded the first
year plastic bag numbers were
tracked (1,230,000 tons in 1980).
• Anywhere from .5% to 3% of all bags
winds up recycled.
• Ten percent of the plastic produced
every year worldwide winds up in the
ocean.