Catherine Dileo Thea Tragni

1. The production of plastic bags requires petroleum
and often natural gas, both non-renewable resources
that can cost big production bucks over time.
In a landfill, plastic bags can take up to 1,000 years
to degrade. Plastic bags don’t biodegrade, they photo-
degrade, breaking down into smaller toxic pieces.
Thousands of marine animals die every year due to
plastic pollution, including over 1 million birds.
About 200 species of sea life die due to plastic
bags, including turtles, dolphins, whales, etc.
If you use cloth or recycled bags you can eliminate 6
plastic bags a week, 288 bags a year!
If 1 out of 5 people in the U.S used cloth bags, we
would eliminate 1,330,560,000,000 plastic bags over
the span of a life time.
By: Thea Tragni and Catherine Di Leo
BOOT THE BAG!!
Replace The Use of Plastic Bags With Cloth or Recycled Ones

2. Boot The Bag References:
• Image: http://www.microbe.net/wp-
content/uploads/2012/08/images.jp
• “Reasons to go Green with Reusable Shopping Bags” (2008)Web. 27 Apr.
2013. www.squawkfox.com/2008/07/16/50-reasons-to-go-green-with-
reusable-shopping-bags/
• "Reusable Bags by Envirosax." Dangers of Plastic Bags. (2012) Web. 27
Apr. 2013. http://www.envirosax.com/plastic_bag_facts
• "The Dangers of Plastic Bags.” (2013) Web. 27 Apr. 2013.
http://www.worldslastchance.com/view-video/140/the-dangers-of-
plastic-bags.html