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LEARN MORE PROJECTS SUPPORT THE CAUSE GET INVOLVED ABOUT US More Plastic bags and other singleuse plastics represent a huge threat to our environment. They clog our landfills pollute our oceans poison our soil waterways food chain and kill thousands of animals that mistake them for food. THE PROBLEM One of the biggest problems with plastic bags and other singleuse plastics is that they do not biodegrade they photodegrade which means they break down into smaller and smaller toxic bits that leach into and contaminate our soil waterways. Plastic bags and other singleuse plastics also Stay in the environment for hundreds of years while they break down Get into the food chain through animals that ingest small particles of plastic Waste energy and nonrenewable resources during the manufacturing process Kill an estimated 100000 marine animals each year Ask yourself.