What's the Issue?// Plastic Bags

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Plastic bags- they're convenient, they're everywhere, and everyone knows why they're bad.  Over one million bags are used every MINUTE.  Every minute! (source)  Over 100,000 marine animals die every year due to these suckers.  12,000,000 barrels of oil are used to produce the plastic bags each year for the U.S. alone.  Then, they take between 400 and 1,000 years to decompose.  (source)  They are the worst, and everyone knows it.  It seems like every store you walk into is selling a reusable bag, from Trader Joe's to Michael's.  Still, the problem persists.  Even people who are cognizant of the problem still find that they end up with one of these dolphin-killers fairly frequently.  So what's the solution? Ultimately, I think it will take charging people for plastic bags or eliminating them from stores altogether to drastically reduce their use.  In the meantime though, using your own reusable bag is a great way to eliminate your own role in the plastic bag disaster, and it can also remind others to do the same.  Through my guerilla project, I hope to provide a reusable bag that's convenient, sturdy, and rewarding to use.