Why are Plastic Grocery Bags Bad?

Plastic bags are not biodegradeable. They clog water ways, spoil the landscape, and end up in landfills where they take over 10,000 years or more to break down inot even smaller particles that continue to pollute the soil and water.

           Litter - can be seen everywhere

• Side of the road
• Hanging from trees, bushes, and stuck to fences 
• Major roadside litter

            Sea Animals

• Many plastic grocery bags end up in the Ocean
• Ingested by sea animals- other animals are strangled or suffocated  by the bags

           Landfills

• The number of bags used adds up to a significant presence in the landfill

           Cheap

• Since they are so inexpensive stores overuse them
• 1 or 2 bags are significant
• but grocery clerks use twice hat many
• The more bags are overused the more damage to environment

         In Our Water

• Bags often end up in Streams, Rivers, and Lakes
• As they sit there in the water tiny toxic bits seep out of them and into our groundwater

          Pollution

• Manufacturing process of plastic bags contributes to the pollution of the environment
• Plastic bags require refined oil or natural gas which damages the environment when exracted

  I got this information from
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5250523_plastic-grocery-bags-bad-environment_.html  
 

Amanda Lynn