{"id":415,"date":"2009-09-18T21:48:01","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T01:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletinbag.mivamerchant.net\/blog\/?p=415"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:08:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:08:28","slug":"plastic-shopping-bags-truth-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/plastic-shopping-bags-truth-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Shopping Bags: Truth in Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>500,000,000,000:<\/b> Society&#8217;s annual consumption rate of plastic bags&#8211;nearly 1 million per minute.<br \/>\n<b>380,000,000,000:<\/b> Number of plastic shopping bags consumed by Americans per year.<br \/>\n<b>12,000,000:<\/b> Barrels of oil used per year to produce plastic shopping bags used by Americans.<br \/>\n<b>1,000,000:<\/b> Seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals &amp; sea turtles worldwide die yearly from ingesting plastics.<br \/>\n<b>46,000:<\/b> Pieces of plastic rubbish found on every square mile of central Pacific Ocean.<br \/>\n<b>1,460:<\/b> Number of plastic bags used each year by the average family of four.<br \/>\n<b>1,000:<\/b> Number of years that single-use plastic bags can remain on our planet.<br \/>\n<b>75:<\/b> Percentage of all grocery bags used in the US that are plastic.<br \/>\n<b>2:<\/b> Percentage of plastic bags produced each year that are recycled.<br \/>\n<b>1:<\/b> Number of high-quality reusable bags needed to eliminate up to 1,000 plastic bags.<\/p>\n<p><b>Use One, Save 1,000.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/turtle_with_bag.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-416\" alt=\"turtle_with_bag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/turtle_with_bag.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>500,000,000,000: Society&#8217;s annual consumption rate of plastic bags&#8211;nearly 1 million per minute. 380,000,000,000: Number of plastic shopping bags consumed by Americans per year. 12,000,000: Barrels of oil used per year to produce plastic shopping bags used by Americans. 1,000,000: Seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals &amp; 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