Americans throw away about 100 billion plastic bags every year, according to CawRecycles.org. Only 8 percent of plastic waste in America is recycled. Non-recycled plastic bags end up in landfills and marine environments, where they are ingested by marine life, causing internal toxic buildup or death by asphyxiation, as BreastCancer.org notes. The plastic Baggies and grocery bags that are so ubiquitous in kitchens and stores throughout the globe are a primary source of polluti