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13 billion plastic bags are given away each year which can take up to 1,000 years to decay.
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An estimated 200 million plastic bags litter the countryside.
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800 are issued to every family each year.
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They are used for just 20 minutes before being dumped.
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Fewer than 10 in 1000 are recycled.
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In the Pacific Ocean, a plastic soup has engulfed an area twice the size of the US and is estimated to double in size in the next 10 years.
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Plastic waste in the ocean kills around 100,000 wales, dolphins, seals, turtles and other large animals each year.
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90% of the debris in our oceans is plastic.