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America’s dirty little oil secret: Plastic Bottles and Bags

  • Posted: April 27, 2008 by: hightechdave

  • Filed under: General News

America consumes 31.2 billion water bottles a year taking 17.6 million barrels of oil to create them. Enough to fuel 1.5 million cars for a year. America consumes 100 billion plastic bags a year taking 12 million barrels of oil. World figures? 154.3 billion water bottles and 500 billion - 1 trillion bags=147.4 - 207.4 million barrels of oil a year.

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