Paper vs Plastic

1. Paper vs Plastic Which one is better?

2. Paper Bags • It takes about 13 to 17 trees to make 1 ton of paper • Making paper bags creates 70 percent more air pollution and 50 percent more water pollution than making plastic bags • Around 10 billion paper bags are used annually in the US • Paper bags don’t take much longer than plastic bags to degrade • Recycling paper bags often consumes more energy than it does to make a new bag

3. Plastic Bags • Over 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year worldwide. • About 1 million plastic bags are used every minute. • Plastic bags remain toxic even after they breakdown • The extremely slow decomposition rate of plastic bags leaves them to drift in the ocean. • Plastic bags cause the death of many marine animals. • It takes 20 to a thousand years to degrade plastic bags

4. Question • How many plastic bags are used each year Worldwide?

5. Answer • Between 500 billion and 1 trillion

6. Question • How many species of sea life die due to plastic bags?

7. Answer • Around 200 species

8. Question • On average, how many trees does it take to make 1 ton of paper bags?

9. Answer • 13 to 17

10. Question • How many paper bags are used each year in the US?

11. Answer • Around 10 billion

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