Data released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shows that somewhere between 500
billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year.Less than 1% of bags are recycled.
It cost more to recycle a bag than to produce a new one.
- Christian Science Monitor News Paper
 
“There's harsh economics behind bag recycling: It costs $4,000 to process and recycle 1 ton of plastic
bags, which can then be sold on the commodities market for $32”
- Jared Blumenfeld
(Director of San Francisco's Department of the Environment)