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- Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over one million per minute. Billions end up as litter each year.
- According to the EPA, more than 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps are consumed in the U.S. each year.
- According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually. (Estimated cost to retailers is $4 billion)
- According to the industry publication Modern Plastics, Taiwan consumes 20 billion bags a year - 900 per person.
- According to Australia's Department of Environment, Australians consume 6.9 billion plastic bags each year, 326 per person. An estimated 0.7% or 49,600,000 end up as litter each year.
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