Reusable

Shopping Bag
Compiled by :Ungureanu Elena
Teacher:Bashirov Oxana

Questions:

1.What is a reusable bag?

2.When were plastic bags introduced in USA?
3.What means ,,The 3 R?
4.What are plastic bags made of?

5.What are the alternatives to plastic bags?

What do you see?

Welcome to ,,bag-world
Areusable shopping bag, sometimes calledbag for life, is a
type ofshopping bagwhich can be reused many times: this
is an alternative of single use paper or plastic bags. It is
often made from fabric such as canvas,woven synthetic
fibers, or a thickplasticthat is more durable than
disposable plastic bags, allowing multiple use.
Reusable shopping bags are a kind ofcarrier bag, which are
available for sale insupermarketsand apparel shops.
Reusable shopping bags require more energy to produce
than common plastic shopping bags. One reusable bag
requires the same amount of energy as an estimated 28
traditional plastic shopping bags or eight paper bags. "If
used once per week, four or five reusable bags will replace
520 plastic bags a year" according to Nick Sterling,

 First introduced in the US in

1977,plastic shopping bagsfor
bagging groceries at stores
flourished in the 1980s and 1990s,
replacing paper bags.In 1990s,
governments in some countries
started to imposetaxeson
distribution of disposable plastic
bags or to regulate the use of
them. Supermarkets increasingly
discourage consumers from using
disposable plastic bags and offer
alternative reusable shopping bags
with small prices, providing
information on environmental
damage associated with plastic
bags.Because of these
encouragements, reusable
shopping bags are gradually taking
place beside plastic bags.

 Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are

consumed worldwide.
That's over one million plastic bags used per minute.

Interesting facts
According to the Worldwatch Institutes State of the World report.,Some 4 to 5 trillion
plastic bagsincluding large trash bags, thick shopping bags,
and thin grocery bagswere produced globally in 2002.
Roughly 80 percent of those bags were used in North America and Western Europe.
Every year, Americans reportedly throw away100 billionplastic grocery bags.

The average American family takes home almost 1,500 plastic shopping
bags a year...
Plastic bags can take up to 1000 years to break down,
so even when an animal dies and decays after ingesting a bag, the plastic
re-enters the environment, posing a continuing threat to wildlife.

Glossary:

To imposea impune(taxe)
Grocery bags- pungi de la alimente
Trashgunoi
Roughlyaproximativ
Flourishedinflorit
Damagedaune
Reusable- reutilizabil
Alternative- alternative
Sustainable- sustenabil

Gradually- treptat
Hangedspinzurat
Pigeonhulub
Synthetic fibers-fibra sintetica
Requirenecesita

Conclusion:
At the final of my presentation