NORMAL PLASTIC BAGS STAND THE TEST OF TIME. AND THAT'S A BAD THING.

It's fairly shocking to think about, but virtually every piece of plastic ever invented (unless it was incinerated) still exists.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that a nearly everlasting piece of trash is a bad thing indeed. Americans use 3 billion pounds of plastic bags annually, the vast majority of which end up in landfills. Three billion would circle the globe one foot high and one foot wide, six times. Three billion pounds of plastic would cover Manhattan to a depth of 16 feet and in ten years, that's 160 feet, higher than most buildings.

If you really want to get freaked out about the problem with non-biodegradable plastic, do a little research on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This garbage patch, known scientifically as a "Gyre," is essentially a giant plastic trash island floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Estimates claim that it is twice the size of Texas, and anywhere from 3 to 300 feet deep.

We wish we were making this stuff up.