A plastic bag can take hundreds of years to decompose. If plastic ends up in rivers, lakes, seas and oceans, it can do a lot of harm, as wildlife can get tangled in it, or mistake it for food!

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Japan is the second largest consumer of plastics per capita in the world, after the United States, with each person typically using 300-400 plastic bags per year. But plastics is also a global ...

For instance, a plastic bag from the grocery store can take up to 20 years to decompose. A plastic straw can take 200 years ...

The bags are partially made from environmentally ... container use in 2030 by 30% compared to 2017 levels. "Plastic doesn't decompose easily and harms the environment," says Sugiki Soya, a Lawson ...

By Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe At Mbare marketplace, a major trading hub in Zimbabwe, plastic bags are everywhere. Vendors ...