We urge the government to impose a tax on disposable plastic bags. Each year more than 100,000 animals die from ingesting or becoming entangled in plastic bags. The average bag takes about 1000 years to break down in the environment. Turtles, dolphins, and whales can choke or starve by confusing the bags for jellyfish. Billions of disposable bags are used by Australian consumers each year, it is estimated that 50 million plastic bags enter the Australian letter stream every year.

This petition is part of an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of the devasting effects plastic bags have on the environment as well as marine life. 

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