Did you know this about plastics?

• The production of paper bags requires more energy and oil (in addition to trees) than the production of plastic bags and also produces greater pollutants.
• Plastic grocery sacks require 1/4th the storage space of paper, both at the grocery and in the land fill.
• Plastics packaging has helped reduce food spoilage in the industrialized world to around 2%. Developing countries have a spoilage rate of between 30 to 50% .
• The manufacture of all plastics only uses about 2% of the crude oil and natural gas consumed annually in the U.S .
• Plastics in the average motorist’s car cuts fuel consumption by nearly 5% and contributes to improved safety performance .
• Plastics neither rot nor rust, and applications continue to increase. Witness the increased use of plastic lumber .
• Best of all, plastics can be recycled.