Well....during internship I came across this video while doing some lessons on the 3 R's and it made me think twice about all of the plastic I use everyday.
Take a look:
The students I was teaching were somewhat traumatized by this video and we ended up doing a bit of research on plastic bag use...
It is estimated that polyethelyne bags take 1000 years to break down.
It is estimated that 500 billion- 1 trillion plastic bags are used each year.
It is estimated that 100,000 marine animals like whales, fish, seals and turtles are killed by plastic bags worldwide, every year.
(see more at commondreams.org)
If your interested in having your students make their own recycleable bags visit these links!
http://www.morsbags.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/%22Green%22-Re-usable-Grocery-Bags/
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=177482.0
http://www.marthastewart.com/article/good-thing-t-shirt-bag
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