Petroleum are used to produce plastic bags. A car would be able to drive 11 metres on the amount of petroleum used to make a plastic bag. [1] Two primary kinds of direct damage to wildlife are entanglement and ingestion. [2] Wildlife animals or birds can become entangled. When the animals or birds are entangled they drown or cannot fly due to entanglement. Plastic bags are often ingested by animals because they cannot distinguish whether is it food or not. As a result it clogs their intestines which results in death by starvation.[3]
- ^ "Facts About Plastic bag Use". Post Consumers. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ Marine litter - trash that kills (PDF). Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ Bags "Plastic Waste and Wildlife". Plastic Waste Solutions. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help)