Ban plastic bags in the White House and impose a 10¢ fee on plastic bags nationwide

In a landfill, these single-use bags will take up to 1,000 years to degrade. According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually. An estimated 12 million barrels of oil is required to make that many plastic bags. Four out of five grocery bags in the US are now plastic.