1. Paper vs Plastic Which one is better?

2. Paper Bags It takes about 13 to 17 trees to make 1 ton of paper Making paper bags creates 70 percent more air pollution and 50 percent more water pollution than making plastic bags Around 10 billion paper bags are used annually in the US Paper bags don’t take much longer than plastic bags to degrade Recycling paper bags often consumes more energy than it does to make a new bag

3. Plastic Bags Over 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year worldwide. About 1 million plastic bags are used every minute. Plastic bags remain toxic even after they breakdown The extremely slow decomposition rate of plastic bags leaves them to drift in the ocean. Plastic bags cause the death of many marine animals. It takes 20 to a thousand years to degrade plastic bags

4. Question How many plastic bags are used each year Worldwide?

5. Answer Between 500 billion and 1 trillion

6. Question How many species of sea life die due to plastic bags?

7. Answer Around 200 species

8. Question On average, how many trees does it take to make 1 ton of paper bags?

9. Answer 13 to 17

10. Question How many paper bags are used each year in the US?

11. Answer Around 10 billion

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