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I've taken the pledge. Won't you?
From Conservation International:
Save Sea Turtles from Extinction - Take the Plastic Bag Pledge
Each year, thousands of sea turtles choke on plastic bags after mistaking them for jellyfish, a favorite food.
Leatherback turtles have been around for 100 million years, but if changes are not made for these turtles, they could be wiped out from the Pacific Ocean in just ten more years.
Did you know that between 4 trillion and 5 trillion plastic bags are used each year globally, and each one can take between 500 to 1,000 years to decompose?
Other sea creatures like sea lions and dolphins have also been found with their stomachs filled with plastic bags!
By reducing plastic bag use and recycling or reusing plastic bags, everyone can help these ancient creatures.
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1 comments:
Gotta love those Wegman's reusable bags that they sell... not only are they cheap, but when we went to the Adirondacks for our honeymoon, we took stuff in those bags because
1. they are huge.
2. they are easy to fold up!
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