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    May 30, 2017

    Plastic Bags in Macau :(

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    Its very annoying to see that even for a drink in Macau you are given plastic bags. Tell us what is your solution to saying NO to plastic bags?


    Some Scary Facts About Plastic Bags

    • Plastic bags don’t biodegrade, they photodegrade – breaking down into smaller and smaller toxic bits.

    • A plastic bag can take between 400 to 1,000 years to break down in the environment.

    • As it breaks down, plastic particles contaminate soil and waterways and enter the food web when animals accidentally ingest them.

    • In the ocean, these particles eventually end up in massive whirlpool-like currents in the oceans called gyres. Our planet has five major gyres.

    • In some locations, there is 46 times more plastic than available food for marine animals.

    • Plastic bags cause over 100,000 sea turtle and other marine animal deaths every year.

    • Nearly 90% of the debris in our oceans is plastic.

    • Plastic bags are among the 12 items of debris most often found in coastal cleanups, according to the nonprofit Center for Marine Conservation.

    • Plastic debris accumulates persistent organic pollutants (POPs) like PCBs and DDT at high concentrations. Many of these pollutants are known endocrine disruptors.

    • When fish and other marine animals ingest plastic debris, they are also ingesting these toxins.

    • If the food we eat is contaminated with toxins, we will be too.

    Sources: International Fund for Animal Welfare, the Environmental Protection Agency, NOAA National Ocean Service, and other agencies or persons as cited.

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