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From: Donna R. Goodale [donna @goodale.org]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:50 PM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: FW: Testimony for Bill #17 (Plastic Bag Reduction Bill)
From: Mason Hulen [mailto:masonhulen @gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 7:50 PM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Cc: dgoodale @hualalai.org
Subject: Testimony for Bill #17 (Plastic Bag Reduction Bill)
Mason Hulen
Age 14; 9th grade
PO Box 390219
Keauhou HI 96736
Masonhulen(a�gmai,l.com
Reasons for Reducing Plastic Bags in Hawaii
1. Plastic makes us 80% of the volume of litter on roads, parks, and beaches.
2. Plastic makes up 90% of floating litter in the ocean.
3. Plastic Bags are mistaken as a food source by animals, such as turtles mistaking
them for jellyfish.
4. Plastic Bags take 500 to 1000 years to biodegrade.
5. Between 500 billion and 1 trillion are used worldwide each year.
6. The manufacture of plastic bags add tones of carbon emissions into the air
annually.
7. In the UK, reducing plastic bags would be the equivalent of taking 18,000 cars off
the roads each year, reducing our carbon footprint.
8. The little pieces of plastic act as a sponge for chemicals. They soak up a million
times greater concentration of chemicals such as PCB and DDE.
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