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  1. Sep 8, 2021 · Consumer Reports details the big problem with plastic, revealing where most of the plastic you throw away ends up and explaining how to limit its environmental harm.

  2. Apr 30, 2020 · One research review published in 2019 calculated that the average American eats, drinks, and breathes in more than 74,000 microplastic particles every year. Some scientists say it’s likely that...

  3. Dec 13, 2016 · Plastic bags kill wildlife, clog waterways and pack landfills. Discarded bags can spread malaria if they collect rainwater, offering mosquitos a casual breeding ground. In recent years, local and national governments have begun phasing out or banning lightweight plastic shopping bags.

  4. Mar 1, 2022 · Plastic bags show lower environmental impacts in most of the evaluated scenarios (six out of nine studies that included HDPE) than other materials, such as paper, cotton or other polymers (bio-based or oxo-degradable), when they are used only once (Evans, 2013). An average relative climate change impact could be calculated as the average value ...

    • Iván Darío López Gómez, Alejandro Serna Escobar
    • 2021
  5. Jan 4, 2024 · CR tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for some of the chemicals used to make plastic, which can be harmful to your health. Here's what we found—and how to stay safer.

  6. Apr 20, 2021 · The review’s results pointed to the limited success of a plastic bag ban owing to lack of suitable alternatives, limited state capacity to monitor and enforce the ban, thriving black market, structural and instrumental power of the plastic industry.

  7. Mar 9, 2021 · The results revealed that regulations based solely on the thickness of plastic bags does not reduce plastic bags consumption. However, regulations focused on banning ‘single-use’ plastic bag usage, imposing higher taxes and levies on consumers, significantly reduce plastic bags consumption.