Eye Candy: Plastic Pics

EnviroWoman is a visual animal. Sometimes understanding the magnitude of numbers overwhelms her. Just how many is 500 billion plastic bags anyway? (the number consumed worldwide every year)

Well, Chris Jordan has come to the rescue…without even knowing who EnviroWoman is.

His Running the Numbers photographs give EnviroWoman visual understanding of the magnitude of our addiction with not only plastic but also office paper, paper bags, cigarettes, cell phones and more.

Very cool stuff. EnviroWoman hopes you check it out.

Here’s what 60,000 plastic bags looks like, the number used in the US every five seconds. Only 1% of plastic bags get recycled.

Click on the picture to visit Chris’ site and see more detailed pictures.

This next picture depicts 2 million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes. Depending on the statistic you find…between 10-25% get recycled.

EnviroWoman finds these pictures profound. And disturbing. How about you?

Maybe every fast food restaurant and shopping mall should be forced to mount these pictures on their walls…to drive home the message to consumers.