Finally a great use from all those cloth bags collected from conferences and
Lexis & Westlaw swag -- grocery bags. The trick is to keep them in your car
& remember to bring them into the store whenever your shopping . Here are
some facts about plastic bags that might encourage you to do so
* About 100,000 whales, seals, turtles and other marine animals are
killed by plastic bags each year worldwide
* About 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide every
year
* Floating plastic bags have been spotted as far north as the Arctic
Ocean to as far south as the southern end of South America
* Plastic bags in drains were identified as major factors in the severe
flooding in Bangladesh in 1988 and 1998
* It takes hundreds of years for plastic bags to breakdown. As they
decompose, tiny toxic bits seep into soils, lakes, rivers, and the oceans
Hopefully everyone will excuse this slightly off topic post
Mary Lou Wilker
Library Director
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