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Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales and other marine mammals die bags are jellyfish, their
primary food source. leading to an agonizing death. It body decays and the plastic bag is free to kill
again.

On land, many birds; cows; goats and other animals suffer a similar fate as marine life when they
accidentaly ingest plastic bags while foraging for food.
In a landfill, plasic bags take up to 1,000 years to degrade. As litter, they breakdown into tiny bits,
contaminating our soil and water. When plastic bags breakdown, small plastic particles can pose
threats to marine life and contaminate the food web. A 2001 paper by Japanese reserachers reported
that plastic debris acts like a sponge for toxic chemicals, soaking up a million breakdown product of the
notorious insecticide DDT), than the surounding seawater. These turn into toxic but bombs for marine
animals which frequently mistake these for food.
Turtle eating a plastic bag.
Plastic band has got
caught then this Turtle
was younger and grown
like this.
See how this bag
resembles a jelly fish
(pictured below).

Well if you see a plastic bag... Please, PICK IT UP!
Even if it isn't yours! Just because some people are too lazy to discard their rubbish properly doesn't
mean the rest of us should walk past and ignore the potential killer.
You could also avoid using plastic bags yourself by using a 'bag for life' and encourage others in your
family to do the same. If you do You could also avoid using plastic bags yourself by using a 'bag for use
plastic bags use biodegradable bags and recycle them!

Other Plastics!
It's not just plastic bags that are killers, all items made from plastic years ago are still around today.
They are all portential killers as many animals swallow small items. Or get caught up in them and either
die from strangulation as they grow or die from stress with being so tangled up they cannot get free. Did
you know that 14 billion pounds of trash gets dumped into our oceans every years? A large percentage
of that trash is plastic.

Put rubbish safely in the bins and cut those plastic rings!