Bagging Plastic UpFront

All of the following states have bans on plastic bags EXCEPT:

• New York

• California

• Hawaii

• Oklahoma

Instead of banning plastic bags 100%, some states have resorted to

• taxes on bags

• provided grants to stores to use paper bags

• using boxes to bag groceries ... like Aldi's does

• a ban on ALL bags... paper and plastic.

Peter Iwanowicz of Environmental Advocates of New York compares the pushback to the plastic ban to

• the corona virus

• indoor smoking bans

• the war on terrorism

According to the artilce on page 1, an exception to New York's plastic bag ban is on

• hospitals

• restaurant carry out

• dog waste when walking them

• trash bags

According to the EPA, how many tons of plastic bags and wraps have Americans thrown away in 2017?

• 4 tons

• 4 million tons

• 40,000 tons

• 4,000 tons

What % of the 4 million tons of plastic bags thrown away in 2017 was recycled?

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

According to the article, the plastic bags that end up in landfills take how long to break down?

• nearly 100 years

• as much as 1,000 years to break down

• never ~ plastic bags will be here forever

When plastic bags gets loose and blows away and lands in waterways, what danger does it cause to birds?

• Their wings get caught in them and tangled up.

• They mistake them for food, choke on them, and die.

• ingested bags fill the birds stomach and they cannot eat which causes them to starve

• All Answers = Dangers to Birds

California's ban has led to

• a lot of protest

• a drop of nearly 3/4 in plastic bag usage

• a new source of pastic bags that disolve in water

According to the article, how many countries have banned them or set fees for their use?

• 43

• 53

• 73

• 83