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Plastic bags (Production alternatives (A Plastic Planet, APP, made a…
Plastic bags
Production alternatives
Full Cycle Bioplastics is a company that tackles plastic pollution and climate change by transforming organic matter into a compostable alternative to oil-based plastic
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1:1 price competitive with traditional, synthetic oil-based plastics
The Dutch retailer, Ekoplaza, unveils first plastic-free aisle
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A Plastic Planet, APP, made a plastic free aisle campaign early in 2017
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Blog: zerowastehome.com
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"Refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot (and only in that order) is my family's secret to reducing its annual trash to a jar since 2008"
Ireland reduced plastic bag consumption by 90% (over one billion bags) between 2001 and 2011 by imposing a plastic bag tax of 37 cents
Recycling initiatives
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Stores
Trend among American grocery store chains and major retailers of collecting people's shopping bags for recycling
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Users
Every year, around 500 billion plastic bags are used worldwide
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Every man, woman, and child on earth uses 83 plastic bags per year
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Problem
Environment
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Every man, woman, and child on earth uses 83 plastic bags per year
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If plastic production increase at current rates, plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050
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