Oct. 10, 2004
Trash Talk: Facts About Trash
"Trash day" isn't just a once a week occurrence any more
Now That's Amore: Americans eat approximately 100 acres (acres?!) of pizza each day or about 350 slices per second*. Each man, woman and child in the U.S. eats an average of 46 slices (23 pounds) of pizza per year**. And, believe it or not there are approximately 61,269 pizzerias in the United States. (American Business Lists, Omaha, Nebraska.) Bottom line... we're talking a LOT of pizza — and that means a lot of pizza boxes! Those big and edgy boxes have defeated many a trash bag! Feel confident putting them into a GLAD ForceFlex® bag instead of stacking them beside the trashcan.
Breakfast of Champions: Americans buy 2.7 billion packages of breakfast cereal each year. If laid end to end, the empty cereal boxes from one year's consumption would stretch to the moon and back (www.veg.ca/newsletr/janfeb97/cereal_stats.html). To easily dispose of those pointy-edged culprits after Junior inhales his favorite breakfast fuel, stuff those empty cereal boxes (even the oversized ones) into a GLAD ForceFlex trash bag.
Closet Fashion Fiends: The U.S. imports between $10 - 13 million of garment/coat hangers each year. (Steel Business Briefing, 1.6.03). For all those fashionistas with closets full of designer clothing, don't risk a faux pas - throw out those old hangers in a GLAD ForceFlex bag to make room for this season's trendiest garments.
Innovation is in the Bag: The last major trash bag innovation before the GLAD ForceFlex bag was the drawstring plastic trash bag in 1984. GLAD Trash Bags first appeared on U.S. store shelves back in 1968 and in the past few decades has now grown into a $1.9 billion product category. Now that's a lot of trash talk!
Overflowing Charitable Contributions: Half of all households use trash and food bags for storage — and charity giving. In 2001, Goodwill brought in more than 900,000 pounds of clothes and goods (October 28, 2002 Wausau Daily Herald). The Salvation Army's BlueBagIt annual campaign to collect gently used clothing has brought in thousands of plastic trash bags with nearly 21 million pounds of clothing donated since 1997, seven million pounds in 2001 alone. Imagine the possibilities with strong AND flexible GLAD ForceFlex bags: all those gently worn shoes, purses, toys, sports equipment, home appliances and furnishings — all bagged and ready to go for worthy causes.
Stretch Beyond Your Limits: "Trash day" isn't just a once a week occurrence any more -- most consumers (73 percent) replace their trash bag within 2 days and 34 percent do so every day! So go ahead — stuff more into a new GLAD ForceFlex bag because it stretches and stretches and stretches...
DISCLAIMER:
*Source: Pizza Industry Facts and Statistics
**Source: Packaged Facts, New York
Breakfast of Champions: Americans buy 2.7 billion packages of breakfast cereal each year. If laid end to end, the empty cereal boxes from one year's consumption would stretch to the moon and back (www.veg.ca/newsletr/janfeb97/cereal_stats.html). To easily dispose of those pointy-edged culprits after Junior inhales his favorite breakfast fuel, stuff those empty cereal boxes (even the oversized ones) into a GLAD ForceFlex trash bag.
Closet Fashion Fiends: The U.S. imports between $10 - 13 million of garment/coat hangers each year. (Steel Business Briefing, 1.6.03). For all those fashionistas with closets full of designer clothing, don't risk a faux pas - throw out those old hangers in a GLAD ForceFlex bag to make room for this season's trendiest garments.
Innovation is in the Bag: The last major trash bag innovation before the GLAD ForceFlex bag was the drawstring plastic trash bag in 1984. GLAD Trash Bags first appeared on U.S. store shelves back in 1968 and in the past few decades has now grown into a $1.9 billion product category. Now that's a lot of trash talk!
Overflowing Charitable Contributions: Half of all households use trash and food bags for storage — and charity giving. In 2001, Goodwill brought in more than 900,000 pounds of clothes and goods (October 28, 2002 Wausau Daily Herald). The Salvation Army's BlueBagIt annual campaign to collect gently used clothing has brought in thousands of plastic trash bags with nearly 21 million pounds of clothing donated since 1997, seven million pounds in 2001 alone. Imagine the possibilities with strong AND flexible GLAD ForceFlex bags: all those gently worn shoes, purses, toys, sports equipment, home appliances and furnishings — all bagged and ready to go for worthy causes.
Stretch Beyond Your Limits: "Trash day" isn't just a once a week occurrence any more -- most consumers (73 percent) replace their trash bag within 2 days and 34 percent do so every day! So go ahead — stuff more into a new GLAD ForceFlex bag because it stretches and stretches and stretches...
DISCLAIMER:
*Source: Pizza Industry Facts and Statistics
**Source: Packaged Facts, New York
