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Disposable, high-density polyethylene grocery shopping bags is manufactured from petroleum, a nonrenewable resource. In United States, approximately 390 million plastic grocery bags are consumed each day, which roughly translates into 1.3 bags per person per day or 124 billion bags per year.
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About 15 million barrels of oil are required to make the 124 billion plastic grocery bags we consume annually in the U.S. At the current price of crude oil (US $ 130/barrel), to make 124 billion plastic bags would cost US $ 1.95 billion dollars. If so, what the American consumers pay at the grocery and convenience stores?
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Most immediate consequences of generating plastic bag waste on our earth and environment are:
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No waste product causes more confusion for users of recycling programs than plastic because plastics come in chemically diverse polymers. Since recycling of heterogeneous plastic waste polymers is of no commercial value, the recycling process incurs an upfront cost of collection, cleaning, and sorting.
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Some have argued for paper bags because paper is biodegradable and requires renewable resource to make them, our trees and forests. Agreed, but conscientious consumers should be aware of the few facts.
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A number of countries around the world are beginning to take “Carrot and/or Stick” measures to reduce plastic bag waste (WWW.ZEROWASTE.CO.NZ ). For example, consumers in Ireland are charged 15 euro cents /bag to discourage the use of disposable plastic bags.
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Do we want our government or the supermarket stores to tell us about how we go grocery shopping? The answer may lie in considering the outcome of how we shop.
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Evolutionary history of global plastic industry is as astounding as the extent of its acceptance in our daily lives (Figure 1). Plastics play an indispensable role in our lives. This is evident from its use in a wide variety of markets, including construction, packaging, automobiles and boats, various consumer goods and toys, transportation, healthcare service, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, furniture and furnishings, entertainment and party, electrical/electronic components, adhesives, plumbing, inks and coatings, water bottles, and shopping bags, to mention just a few.
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Did you know that all those "free" bags ultimately cost both consumers and the environment plenty?
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The IPCC's Third Assessment Report projects that the Earth's average surface temperature will increase between 2.5° and 10.4°F (1.4°-5.8°C) between 1990 and 2100 if no major efforts are undertaken to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases (the "business-as-usual" scenario).
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