A ustralian use about 39 billion lightweight supermarket shopping bags every year There are two major types of plastic shopping bags L ightweight checkout style bags are most commonly found in supermarkets and takeaway stores and are made from high ID: 7920 Download Pdf
Problems caused by plastic bags:-. What’s So Bad About Plastic Bags?. They are not . biodegradable.. They . clog waterways. Spoil . landscapes. PROBLEMS. They end up in . landfills . where it may take .
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Discussion with Class of 2016 . Environmental Charter High School – Lawndale, CA. Full Disclosure on who I am and who I work for. Cathy Browne – Environmentalist, Manufacturer of Plastic Bags – can the two coexist? .
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Nate Birkholz, Jessica . Standley. and Bo Xiao. MYTH. : Taxing grocery bags or banning plastic bags will reduce greenhouse gasses and save the planet.. TRUTH. : Since bags are a minimal contributor to all the problems associated with them (oil use, litter, landfill volume, etc.), bans and taxes simply won't do anything for the environment. And because the alternatives all require more fuel to create, recycle, and transport, eliminating plastic bags actually increases greenhouse gasses. .
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A ustralian use about 39 billion lightweight supermarket shopping bags every year There are two major types of plastic shopping bags L ightweight checkout style bags are most commonly found in supermarkets and takeaway stores and are made from high
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Plastic Bag Recycling About Plastic Bags Aus tralians use about 3.9 billion lightweight super market shopping bags every year, mostly as a single use item . There are two major types of plastic shopping bags. Lightweight, checkout - style bags are most commonly found in supermarkets and takeaway stores, and are made from high density polyethylene or HDPE. The heavier , tougher plastic bags found in boutique and department stores are made from low density polyethylene or LDPE. Plastic bags are linked to a range of environmental impacts. Most are made from a non - renewable resource (oil) and used only once before being t hrown away. As oil supplies become scarcer, we simply can’t afford to throw away such a valuable resource. Plastic bags also present life - threatening risks to wildlife and livestock. Turtles, whales, birds and fish are especially vulnerable. Plastic bags floating in water can be mistaken for food. Once ingested, a bag can prevent the animal from digesting food or can prevent them submerging. Recycling Options Some council’s now accept plastic bags in their kerbside recycling bins. Check with your council first if they accept plastic bags, otherwise keep them out of the recycling bins as they can get caught up in the processing machinery and contaminate other recycling streams. Most supermarkets have a front of store bin that accepts single use plas tic shopp i ng bags and reusable ‘green bags’ for recycling. Working out what to do with some types of plastic bags can be tricky as some are labeled ‘Biodegradable’, ‘Compostable’ and ‘Degradable’ . These types of bags unfortunately cannot be recycled. Biodegradable bags - made from plant - based materials like corn and wheat starch , in the presence of oxygen these bags will break down. However, in landfill , an anaerobic environment, the bags cannot biodegrade. Compostable bags - generally refer to biodegra dable bags that will biodegra de within 6 months if composted. Degradable bags - are made from petroleum products that contain metal compounds to help accelerate their breakdown. Oxygen, ultra - violet light and/or heat chemically weaken degradable plastic ba gs until they become brittle and fragment into smaller pieces (the full environmental impacts of these fragments are unknown but a proportion end up in our waterways and the ocean ) . This breaking down process may take up to 5 years to occur. These bags can not be composted. There are a growing number of options for recycling soft plastic Why Recycle Plastic Bags ? It saves energy – refusing, reusing and recycling plastic bags reduces the need for the energy required to produce new plastic bags . It reduces environmental impacts – recycling plastic bags helps reduce littering and bags entering our waterways and becoming a threat to wildlife. It saves resources – plastic bags are mainly made from non - renewable petroleum based resources. Recycling existing plastic helps reduce the n eed to use these re s ources. I t reduces waste going to landfill – recycling plastics bags diverts them from landfill where they are unable to break down. Take Action 1. Whenever possible , refuse and reuse plastic bags. When shopping take reusable bags with you. 2. F ind out, through RecyclingNearYou.com.au or your council’s website, whether your council accepts plastic bags and to find your nearest supermarket that accepts the m for recycling. 3. Check out the R ED cycle prog r am that accepts plastic bags and other s oft plastic through participati ng supermarkets. 4. Increasingly, bans of plastics bags are becoming more commo n. See below for further information. Further Information Zerowaste SA NT Government ACT Government REDCycle Soft Plastics Collection Bin
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