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A beginner's guide to reusable bags

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oth the United States and Canada, no<br />

more than 1% of these <strong>bags</strong> are recycled.<br />

Finally, the life cycle of a plastic bag can be<br />

represented by the model seen below:<br />

***Note: Oil based plastic <strong>bags</strong> can exist in a landfill for hundreds<br />

or thousands of years based upon their composition paired<br />

with the lack of light and oxygen needed <strong>to</strong> break them<br />

down.

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