IT'S TRUE:
The amount of plastic shopping bags that we all use once and toss is overwhelming. The world uses a trillion plastic bags a year.
-The average family of 4 accumulates 1460 plastic shopping bags a year
- Unfortunately, MOST END UP IN THE TRASH, or in the ocean or in tress...and they take FOREVER to disappear. It can take up to 1000 years for a plastic bag to break down in the environment.
WHAT WE CAN DO, TOGETHER:
AS OF OCTOBER 1st, 2008 IKEA WILL NO LONGER SELL OR CARRY PLASTIC "THROWAWAY" BAGS!!
Instead, you can buy a reusable big blue bag that holds as much as FIVE regular "throwaway" plastic bags.
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE! IKEA has a great alternative to "throw-away" plastic bags- the IKEA Blue Bag. We've even reduced the price on this large, reusable and durable bag to 59 cents! One of these bags can replace hundreds of "throw-away" plastic bags and has lots of great uses! Use it for groceries, laundry, storing away kids toys, it even makes for a great beach bag...the uses are endless!
A big blue bag...a little green step.