History of the Plastic Bags

HISTORY OF THE PLASTIC BAGS This timeline is intended as a starting point for people interested in the history and tactics of the single-use plastics industry 1959 FIRST WARNING LABELS PRINTED ON PLASTIC BAGS In 1959 after the deaths of 80 babies and toddlers, suffocated by plastic dry-cleaning bags, California introduces a law to ban plastic dry cleaning bags. 1990 2015 INDUSTRY LOBBYING EFFORTS The Future of Plastics Bags 2010 It begins with a $50 million annual campaign of public SINGLE-USE VS. REUSABLE Plastic bags are one of the most numerous pieces of trash found in our oceans, rivers, beaches, 2000 information,education marshes and forests. WIND BLOWN LITTER CAUSES ACTION and relations. The United States have chosen to live with He creates a reusable bag designed to fit in a pocket fewer single-use bags by approving a ban or advance recovery fee on single-use plastic bags One Thousand Year after 3015 IT Takes 1,000 Years + Photodegrade: for PLASTIC Plastic only break down into smaller fragments and will never actually biodegrade to PHOTODEGRADE Resource Conservation Recycling and composting prevented 87.2 million tons of material away from being disposed in 2014, up from 15 million tons in 1990. Раper 27% Glass 46.6% 4.5% Metal 9.1% Plastics 12.8% Other The infographic suggests the ongoing trend in the plastic recycling industry and the transformation it may see over the years. Designed & Devleoped In Public Interest by www.Nwpoly.com NPI Source:http://www.bagmonster.com/2011/05/history-of-the-plastic-bag.html NORTHWEST PO LYMERS