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Problems with plastic bags: 1. clog up storm drains. 2. clog up the screens that water treatment plants use to filter out large debris. 3. degrade into micro
by pm24601 11y ago
Problems with plastic bags:
1. clog up storm drains.
2. clog up the screens that water treatment plants use to filter out large debris.
3. degrade into micro particles that treatment plants can't easily remove.
4. mistaken for floating jellyfish by seabirds and fish and they get eaten and block the digestive tract.
5. degrade into microparticles which reenter the food chain.
6. plastics bond with other nasty chemicals to form even more toxic compounds