Single-use plastics are used only once before they are thrown away or recycled.

Plastic bags, straws, coffee stirrers, soda and water bottles and most food packaging are only used once.

Plastic waste does not break down completely, instead it degrades into microplastics that absorb toxins and continue to pollute our environment.

It takes 1,000 years for a plastic bag to degrade in a landfill.

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27.04.2022 / Spectrum News / LA City Council votes to phase out single-use plastics at city facilities