We ProduceWorld Wide About 1’000’000’000’000(1 Trillion)Plastic Bags :We ProduceWorld Wide About 1’000’000’000’000(1 Trillion)Plastic Bags EVERY YEAR!


Less than 1% of these bagsare getting Recycled :Less than 1% of these bagsare getting Recycled


“The Cost to Recycle 1 Ton of Plastic Bags is by $ 4’000.- it can then be Sold for $ 32.-” :“The Cost to Recycle 1 Ton of Plastic Bags is by $ 4’000.- it can then be Sold for $ 32.-” Jared Blumenfeld (Director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment)


So! What Do We Do? :So! What Do We Do? Where to Put all that Rubbish?


Slide 5:…The only Reason why Garbage Dumps on Land still have Capacities Today, is because We Dump Most of the Garbage Into our Oceans U.S. National Academy of Sciences


Slide 6:Plastic Bags are Everywhere!


Slide 7:In our Oceans, Lakes and Rivers


Slide 8:In ALMOST Every Country!


Slide 9:Plastic Bags use All Channels www.CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007 … To Find Their Way In To The Ocean


Meanwhile We Find Plastic Bags Everywhere from the Antarctic to the South Pole :Meanwhile We Find Plastic Bags Everywhere from the Antarctic to the South Pole British Antarctic Survey


Slide 11:Enormous Amounts of Plastic Bags are washed Ashore Every Single Day! National Marine Debris Monitoring Program


Slide 12:Highly Toxic Petro-Polymere www.CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007 Plastic Bags Dissolve under the Influence of Sunlight to


Slide 13:Petro-Polymere Contaminates our Rivers and Riverbeds - CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007


Slide 14:The Repercussions For our Aquatic Neighbors are Catastrophic! World Wildlife Fund Report


Slide 15:…and often Life Threatening! World Wildlife Fund Report


Slide 16:The very Lives of About 200 Species whom live in or of our Oceans are endangered by Plastic Bags! World Wildlife Fund Report


Slide 17:Animals Die Because They Think It’s Food - World Wildlife Fund Report


Slide 18:What Can WE Do About It?


Using Cloth-Bags saves 6 Plastic Bags per Week :Using Cloth-Bags saves 6 Plastic Bags per Week


That Makes 24 Plastic Bags per Month! :That Makes 24 Plastic Bags per Month!


288 Plastic Bags per Year :288 Plastic Bags per Year


22’000 Plastic Bags in an average Lifetime :22’000 Plastic Bags in an average Lifetime


Our Planet Does NOT Need to Look like This! :Our Planet Does NOT Need to Look like This!


In Bangladesh for Example;Plastic Bags are Prohibited! :In Bangladesh for Example;Plastic Bags are Prohibited! - MSNBC.com March 8, 2007


China also prohibited Plastic Bags! :China also prohibited Plastic Bags! www.CNN.com/asia January 9, 2008


Ireland has put TAXES on Plastic Bags and Reduced the Use of Plastic Bags by 90% :Ireland has put TAXES on Plastic Bags and Reduced the Use of Plastic Bags by 90% BBC News August 20, 2002


Already since 2005, Plastic Bags are banned in Rwanda! :Already since 2005, Plastic Bags are banned in Rwanda! Associated Press


- Israel- Canada- Western India- Botswana- Kenya- Tanzania- South Africa- Taiwan and- Singapore…are about to Ban Plastic Bags :- Israel- Canada- Western India- Botswana- Kenya- Tanzania- South Africa- Taiwan and- Singapore…are about to Ban Plastic Bags www.PlanetSave.com February 16, 2008


On March 27th 2007, San Francisco was the First U.S. City, to ban Plastic Bags :On March 27th 2007, San Francisco was the First U.S. City, to ban Plastic Bags NPR.org (National Public Radio)


Oakland and Boston are debating over a Ban of Plastic Bags :Oakland and Boston are debating over a Ban of Plastic Bags - The Boston Globe May 20, 2007


Slide 31:www.CNN.com/tecnhology November 16, 2007 Plastic Bags are made of Polyethylene, Polyethylene is made out of Fossil Oil


China will save 37 Million Barrels of Fossil Oil per Year :China will save 37 Million Barrels of Fossil Oil per Year www. CNN.com/asia January 9, 2008


Slide 33:Plastic Does Not Taste Good! Neither does it Dress Well


Slide 34:Save Koh Tao and Save our Oceans Act Now! SAY NO TO PLASTIC AND STYROFOAM !