Say No To Plastic Bags And Save The Earth !

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“NO” - The more we say it, the less we waste.

It's amazing how a little word like "NO" can have such an effect on how we reduce waste. In turn, it can have a real impact on our environment and indirectly even our own pockets. Consider this sobering fact – Singaporeans use 2.5 billion plastic bags a year. That is 2,500 plastic bags per year, for each family. Or almost 7 plastic bags a day per family. Most of these are often thrown away because although we use them for our trash daily, we can't deny that there will always be more bags than we actually need. This waste only means greater costs to our environment. And don't forget the big bucks spent on making these bags. One way or another, these costs trickle down and it is you who pays the price in the end. That's why plastic bags never have been or will be "free".

Say "NO" to plastic bags now and you automatically say "YES" to less waste, haze and global warming. That's the power of a simple word.

DID YOU KNOW?

About 2.5 billion plastic bags are used every year in Singapore. That's about 2,500 bags used per family per year.

Plastic bags are made from oil, a finite resource. If each family uses one less plastic bag a week, Singapore could save 40 million bags each year.

By using reusable bags during our shopping trips, we will use fewer plastic bags and help to conserve the earth's resources.

Plastic bags thrown away as litter, dirty our public places, rivers and canals, and may even clog up drains, and this would lead to stagnant water and mosquito breeding.

Plastic bags litter despoils nature trails, beaches and even chokes up mangroves and poses a threat to marine lives.

Source: National Environment Agency