Plastic consumption in India is expected to increase from the current 12 million metric tons per annum to 20 MMT by 2020. For every one of us, 216 plastic bags a year are handed out. A typical free supermarket bag is used for an average of 20 minutes before it is thrown away. A third of us use plastic bags as bin liners. Another third re-use them for shopping. But eventually, more than 98% end up in landfill. These bags can take up to 1000 years to decompose forcing the authorities to burn the garbage to create space in these landfills.