The following plastic facts have been compiled by the Eco-Awesomeness Team:

• Around 380 billion plastic bags are used in the U.S. every year–more than 1,200 bags per resident.
• Approximately 100 billion of the 380 billion bags are shopping bags.
• It takes about 12 million barrels of oil to make that many plastic bags.
• Only 1–2% of plastic bags in the U.S. are recycled.
• The UN estimates that 46,000 pieces of plastic litter are floating in every square mile of ocean.
• More than 1 million birds die each year as a result of plastic pollution.
• Animals and birds also die when they ingest or become entangled in plastic bags.
• Greenpeace says that marine debris has choked and entangled at least 267 marine species.
• The toxic particles from single-use bags can enter the food chain when ingested by animals.

Cities that have banned plastic bags include:

• San Francisco, CA
• Malibu, CA
• Palo Alto, CA
• San Jose, CA
• Long Beach, CA
• Seattle WA