550 thousand ton plastic waste blocked
According to the information theAA correspondent, in 1977, due to the development of the placenta entering the human life in 1900s, everyone can easily find, the average life of life is 15 minutes, but the dissolving in nature has begun to be given plastic bags 1000 years.
In the early 20th century, the production value of approximately 1.5 million tons in 1950s across the world exceeded 335 million tons per year. Before 2019 in Turkey, the production of plastic bags was about 35 billion pcs per year, a person used an average of 440 plastic bags.
1 With the pricing of plastic bags launched in January 2019, the use of plastic bags in Turkey has been reduced about 65 percent, and thus the formation of plastic waste from 550 thousand tons of plastic bags.
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[3,8 billion pounds saved]
]In addition, about 23 tons of greenhouse gas release was also passed.
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With the reduction in the use of plastic bags, plastic raw material for the production of plastic bags in Turkey also dropped and saved about 3,8 billion pounds. In the meantime, the use of multi-use transport equipment such as cloth bag, file, with the increase of awareness on the topic in citizens. These plastic bags after shopping in each store are produced from oil-based polyethylene agent. Polyethylene substances become waste when they become alive in the ecosystem and become harmful to nature.
Source: Environmental Protection