Did you know that these “single use plastics” end up in our landfills or finds its way into the ocean yet it’s not biodegradable? Every minute 1 truck full of plastic waste is dumped into the oceans.
Reasons for no single use plastic:
- Exhausts raw materials resources
- Huge carbon footprint
- Takes hundreds of years to decompose
- It is made from fossil fuels
- Not all plastics are easy to recycle
- Release/Leaches toxic chemicals into our environment/water/food (causes hormone disruptions and cancers)
- Pollutes our land and sea
- Kills marine animal and birds
