Paper bags are not better for the environment than plastic bags. Plastic bags take up 1/7 the space in landfills, and consume less renewable and non-renewable resources during its life cycle.
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Plastic bags are the #1 threat to ocean wildlife.
Discarded fishing line is the single-most dangerous debris item and is responsible for the majority of all entanglements.
The media is littered with false facts about plastic bags.
Do you have your facts straight? From claims that plastic bags are toxic to claims that they are the largest threat to endangered species...
The myths presented here come from:
- Poorly researched articles
- Printed opinions are presented as facts
- Outdated statistics
- Out of context quotes
Regrettably the quotes presented here are too often parroted by so many newspapers and websites without original citations that many of us have come to accept them as fact. This new internet phenomenon that relies on the proliferation of a theory or undocumented fact to support its own conclusion is known as "circular reporting" and may bode for many things to come on the information highway. Learn more >>
Ask your store to support recycling by:
- Participating in a recycling take back program like Bag-2-Bag.
- Providing bags with at least 25% recycled content like our Gray is the new Green bag.
