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Shoppers worldwide are using 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags per year. This translates to about a million bags every minute across the globe, or 150 bags a year for every person on earth. And the number is rising.


每年全世界的顧客使用了5千1 兆塑膠袋。相當大約每分鐘有百萬個袋子橫跨地球, 或一年150 個袋子給地球上每個人。而且這個數目正在上升中。
In 2006, Americans drank about 167 bottles of water each, but only recycled an average of 38 bottles per person, which equals about 50 billion plastic bottles consumed, with only 23% being recycled. That leaves 38 billion water bottles in landfills. Each year.

在2006 年, 每個美國人大約喝了167 個瓶水, 但平均每人只回收了38 個瓶, 只有23%被回收約, 等於消耗了50億個塑膠瓶。使得每年380億個寶特瓶在垃圾堆裡。

Americans generate 10.5 million tons of plastic waste a year but recycle only 1 or 2 % of it.
Only 2.5% of plastic bottles are presently recycled in Europe.


每年美國人浪費1050萬噸塑料,但只回收了1 或2 % 的用量。
在歐洲目前只有2.5% 塑膠瓶被回收。
Plastic bottles & bags that end up in landfills take between 700 - 1,000 years to start decomposing.
埋在垃圾堆裡的塑料瓶及袋子經過700到1000年才開始分解。
During rainfall, litter is washed down stormdrains which lead directly to our rivers and the ocean.
在降雨期間, 被沖刷的廢棄物直接影響我們的河流和海洋。
Manufacturing bottled water uses over 1.5 million barrels of oil per year. In one year, thats enough oil to fuel 100,000 cars.
每一年,製造罐裝水用了超過150萬個油桶。足夠加10萬輛汽車一年的油。

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Take Action: Sign our No Plastics Pledge
採取行動: 簽署我們的無塑膠承諾

http://www.leonardodicaprio.org/pledge/


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