Why are plastic bags such a big problem?
It takes around 2 billion barrels of oil to service the plastic bag industry alone. In the UK, we use on average 17.5 billion carrier bags per year, that’s almost one per person per day. Most of these end up in landfill where it takes between 500 to 1,000 years for each bag to break down. Think about how many plastic bags you have thrown away none of them have broken down yet! Even when they do degrade, they break down into a powder form which pollutes our soil and water.
