Energy consumption is the amount of energy or power used, it can be widely reduced when factories

start recycling papers instead of producing new plastic materials, it can benefit both mother nature and
lessen their usage of fossil fuel. Producing plastics needs (3.6 x 1018 J)/0.4 = 9.0 x 1018 J of energy
per year assuming world-wide production of plastic was 40%. Mentioning most of the paper
bags are recycled and can be recycled up to 5 to 7 times, and it costs much cheaper than
producing another batch of plastic that would most likely would be lodged at our oceans and
who knows when would it get cleaned up.