What is good part 2-Bag Research.

Just been looking at some interesting facts about plastic bags today.

• It is estimated that one million are used every minute
• Their average working life is just 12 minutes.
• Every year each person on the planet will consume 300 of them.
• Stores give out over a billion plastic bags per day to customers all over the world.
• Americans throw away some 100 billion plastic bags a year, its equivalent to dumping nearly 12 million barrels of oil a year.
• Taiwan consumes 20 billion bags per year – 900 per person.
• Over 13 billion plastic bags are used in UK every year and 8 billion end up in landfill.
• 7 billion plastic bags are given free every year in France – 225 bags per second however French have reduced their consumption by 61% since 2003.