Plastics and Your Hormones
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November 3, 2022
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“Going Green Recycling Company is working to build widespread citizen awareness that there is an urgent need for all Nigerians to collectively agree to work together to save our environment from irreversible damage of climate change as a result of our environmental pollution.”
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Keys Facts About Plastic Bag Usage
- In Nigeria about 50 billion plastic bags are used every year
- Every hour, approximately 200,000 plastic bags are land filled
- A family of four uses an average of 1,500 plastic bags in a year
- At least 267 different species of marine life are adversely affected by plastic pollution
- 225 million tons of non-biodegradable plastics are produced annually worldwide that destroy our environment continuously
- Single use plastic bag has an average life span of 12 minutes, and destructive span of about 1,000 years
