In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the environmental impact of plastic bags. Specifically, I look at how plastic bags affect oceans via microplastics, their carbon footprint, and I also try to understand whether reusable bags are viable alternatives.

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Resources:
1. Why our environmental obsession with plastic bags makes no sense: https://www.vox.com/2014/10/4/6901299/plastic-bags-environment
2. English Environment Agency Plastic Bag Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/291023/scho0711buan-e-e.pdf
3. National Geographic's Plastic facts: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/plastic-produced-recycling-waste-ocean-trash-debris-environment/
4. NOAA's explanation of microplastics: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html
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Music:
1. Candlepower by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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2. Midnight by Silent Partner

3. All the Answers by Lee Rosevere

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