Assertion: plastic bag | /r/HasProperty | discarded in nyc
Facets:
value: annually
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: According to Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia (h/t NYC Patch), about 10 billion plastic bags are discarded in NYC annually, making up about 2.5 percent of the city’s waste stream; sanitation workers pick up more than 1,700 tons of them each week.