
Plastic bags in water are serial killers. They are eaten by marine wildlife, which often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish. The fish, whale turtle or bird dies and decomposes around the bag. The bag floats off, ready for its next victim.
No one knows how long these treacherous plastic bags take to biodegrade. Humans have only been using them for 30 years, but they're already covering the planet and globally we consume 1 million plastic bags per minute. They photodegrade (break down into smaller and smaller toxic bits) and wildlife accidentally ingest the bite-sized pieces.

I would love it if people would think to bring reusable bags.
