Recycled Trash Bags!

Have you ever given any thought to trash bags? Who does...unless you run out, right? We just purchased our first box of recycled trash bags from Seventh Generation. Here's some interesting information quoted directly from the back of the box: "If every household in the U.S. replaced just one package of 20 count tall kitchen bags made from virgin plastic with 55% recycled ones, we could save: 37,000 barrels of oil, enough to heat and cool 2,100 U.S. homes for a year, 680,000 cubic feet of landfill space, equal to 1,000 full gargage trucks, and avoid 14,000 tons of air pollution. By using plastic materials that have fulfilled their intended end use (called 'post-consumer recycled material') and turning them into recycled products like this one, we play an important part in the overall reycling process. The process of manufacturing from recycled material requires 40% less energy compared to bags made from virgin plastic. This reduces the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmostphere - and helps slow global warming. Processing crude petroleum into virgin plastic creates many dangerous chemicals. The 436 plastics production facilities in the United States emit over 37 million pounds of toxic air emissions and create over 2.5 billion pounds of production-related waste each year.
This pollution and waste is dramatically reduced or avoided entirely with trash bags made from recycled materials."
Don't tell our girls, but guess what Santa is bringing them for Christmas?
If you want to check out Seventh Generation for yourself, go to: http://www.seventhgeneration.com/
I have tried some of their other products and have been very happy with them.
I ordered my products from Amazon and got free shipping...even better!
That's my recycling "rant" for today. Happy smart shopping!