The Impact of

Plastic Bags
By Jackson Sattinger

Facts About Plastic Bags

Over 1 trillion plastic bags are used
every year worldwide (Earth Policy
Institute).
About 2 million plastic bags are used
every minute around the world(Earth Policy
Institute).

What is Biodegradation?
Biodegradation is when materials aretransformed by bacteriain
the soil into other useful compounds (http://
science.howstuffworks.com).
Plastic bags are made ofpolyethylene and the decomposition

20 to 1000 years

can take from

(http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/bags/).

http://mainland.cctt.org/istf2010/Pla
stic.asp

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"How Long Does It Take for Plastics to Biodegrade?"HowStuffWorks.
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<http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vsmyth/everyday-myths/how-long-does-it-take-for-plastics-tobiodegrade.htm/>. 31 Mar. 2016.
"More Features."No Bags, Thanks!N.p., n.d.
<http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/bags/>. . 29 Mar. 2016.

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