T H E G O O D B A G C O.
Just one environmentally friendly jute shopping bag from The Good Bag Co.
would remove the need of ever using a plastic bag again !
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1) How many plastic bags do we use each week in the UK ?
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2) How long do plastic bags take to decompose ?
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3) How many pieces of plastic waste are there per square mile of the world's oceans ?
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4) How many sea turtles, whales and other marine animals die each year as a result of eating discarded plastic bags mistaken for food ?
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5) According to a statement by U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan - how many seabirds are killed each year by marine rubbish, mainly plastic? ?
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6) All the plastic that's ever been produced is still with us today... unless of course, it has been incinerated which spews a plethora of toxic substances into the air. How many tonnes of toxic landfill is that ?
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If you answered c) to all these questions why do you still use
plastic bags? With our unthinking use of plastic bags we are complicit in the contamination of this planet. LET'S STOP IT!!!
www.thegoodbagco.com
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Individually we may feel powerless,
but ordinary people acting together are the most potent force of all.
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