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Plastic shopping bags are a valuable resource that should never be thrown away.
Plastic shopping bags are lightweight, waterproof, hygienic and inexpensive. They are one of the best options to carry your groceries, but only if you reuse and recycle them.
Weighing only 6-7 grams, a plastic bag can hold 1,000 times its weight in groceries.
Pieces of frozen natural gas, plastic shopping bags can be reused many times and recycled.
93% of Canadians reuse their bags two or more times.
Over 90% will recycle if given the opportunity.
Bags represent less than .5% of litter and less than 1% of landfill … we can do better.
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