Paper vs Plastic

Which one is better?

Paper BagsIt 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

Plastic BagsOver 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

Question

How many plastic bags are used each year Worldwide?

Answer

Between 500 billion and 1 trillion

Question

How many species of sea life die due to plastic bags?

Answer

Around 200 species

Question

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

Answer

13 to 17

Question

How many paper bags are used each year in the US?

Answer

Around 10 billion

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