Without plastics, 400 % more material by weight and 200% more material by volume would be needed to make packaging, while the volume of packaging would more than double.

1. For every seven trucks needed to deliver paper grocery bags to the store - only one truck is needed to carry the same number of plastic grocery bags!
   
   
2. Plastic lumber, made with recycled plastic, holds nails and screws better than wood, is virtually maintenance free and lasts for 50 years!
   
   
3. Foam polystyrene containers take 30% less total energy to make than paperboard containers.
   
   
4. The number of plastics recycling businesses has nearly tripled over the past several years, with more than 1,700 businesses handling and reclaiming post-consumer plastics.
   
   
5. By using plastic in packaging, American product manufacturers save enough energy each year to power a city of one million homes for three and a half years.