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From: Blake Landers [blakelanders @gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 7:42 AM t t1 �j '''
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Cc: dgoodale @hualalai.org a ,
Subject: RE: Bill 17
Blake Landers
Age 14, 9th grade
Captain Cook, HI 96704
1. Every second 60,000 plastic bags are used
2.14 plastic bags can drive a car 1 mile
3. The U.S. spends $500,000,000 a year on bags
4. The world uses well over 1,000,000,000 plastic bags a day
5. That is over 71,000,000 more miles we could drive every day
6. Over 1,000,000 plastic bags are used each minute
7.We use non - renewable petroleum to make plastic bags
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