Post by Now Health International

This July we observe International Plastic Bag Free Day, and we all know what that means. That’s right, it’s time to talk numbers. We still use up to five trillion plastic bags a year. That’s 160,000 every second! But on average, each plastic bag is used for only 12 minutes, while the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks of plastic enters our water systems every single day. Once there, a plastic bag can take up to 1,000 years to fully decompose, unless it’s eaten by an unwitting sea creature or bird first. It’s past time we all started choosing to reuse whenever we can. Together, we can skip single-use plastic, take down the world’s plastic mountain, and start actively creating a healthier, happier planet for us all. #InternationalPlasticBagFreeDay #Sustainability #LiveHealthier #LiveHappier