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Plastic Bags Should Be Banned In All Stores
Somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. At the supermarket check out you are given a choice - paper or plastic? The answer should be 'Neither thank you I have my own reusable grocery bag'!
Plastic bags harm the environment, wildlife and contribute to global warming. Yet we do have a choice and we should vote with our actions.
Why is it so difficult to get a reusable grocery bag and why are people still using plastic bags? You can do something about it right now. Get a Reusable Grocery Bag!
"Use a plastic bag for 30 minutes to carry your groceries home. It will be here for 1000 years."
Plasitc Bags Suck
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http://good.is/ On March 27, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to ban plastic bags. The impact of plastic bags on the environment is well known, but what is not as widely discussed is that paper bags are harmful as well. Be a dutiful citizen and use reusable or compostable bags that dramatically lessen your impact on the Earth.
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Why Should Plastic Bags Be Banned?
Why should we use less plastic?
- To make a plastic bag takes non renewable resources such as petroleum and natural gas. Not only does this have a big environmental impact, but it also increases our reliance on foreign suppliers.
- The energy used in the manufacturing on plastic bags contributes to global warming and releases toxic chemicals into the environment.
- Hundreds of thousands of animals and marine life each year are affected - they suffer a painful and slow death when they accidentally ingest or become tangled in plastic bags .
- Plastic bags can contaminate the food chain. Toxic chemicals from plastic bags may leach into foods, the sea and the environment which then in turn contaminates the food that we eat.
- Estimates say that over one billion plastic bags are handed out per day. You can make a difference. Easily. Get a reusable grocery bag and say no to plastic!
- Plastic bags go to landfill sites. What you have used for maybe 30 minutes will be with the earth for over 1000 years.
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Plastic Bags Should Be Banned In All Stores
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Mortira says:
Drastic times call for drastic measures. When landfills overflow, our governments must find new places for all of the junk we throw away everyday. I think they have a right - and a responsibility - to ban unnecessary garbage! I don't mind paying extra - what good is money if your planet is too polluted to live on?
Posted September 16, 2008
Mortira says:
Drastic times call for drastic measures. When landfills start to overflow, it's our governments that have to decide what to do with all of the things we throw out everyday. I think they have every right - and responsibility - to ban unnecessary garbage. I'm not worried about cost - what good is money if the Earth is too polluted to live on?
Posted September 16, 2008
Tammyrf says:
I agree! Plastic bags are an eyesore and a waste. I see them every where stuck in trees littering the environment. I hate to think of all the animals that are being killed from the bags that end up in the ocean. It's so easy to bring you own.
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Posted August 22, 2008
Grendyl says:
Product packaging (when recycled) weighs at least half of what the world buys.
Posted June 30, 2008
jacquelinestone says:
Yes. It's time for all of us to grow up and care more about being responsible than having the convenience to throw everything away.
Posted June 16, 2008
TheGoGreenBlog says:
I love Baggu Bags! They are perfect for me and my on the go lifestyle.
Posted March 31, 2008
fireheart says:
Use reuseable bags or recycle the paper bags. The following appeared in the LA Times in Aug 2006.
"This is known as the Eastern Garbage Patch, part of a system of currents called the North Pacific subtropical gyre. Located halfway between San Francisco and Hawaii, the garbage patch is an area of slack winds and sluggish currents where flotsam collects from around the Pacific, much like foam piling up in the calm center of a hot tub."
Hellooo, much of what makes up this "patch" is plastic and covers an area of the Pacific larger than the state of Arizona.
Think about it!
Posted March 07, 2008
ABCofMountaineering says:
I saw a clip on green.tv once, on a snowboarder wearing gear made of recycled PET, from her jacket to her board. I think we should encourage more of those.
Posted March 04, 2008
gabriellejc says:
if they were banned then i'd do a much better job remembering to bring my canvas bags (or previously used plastic bags) with me. my brain would be rewired not to expect more plastic bags at check out.
Posted March 02, 2008
gabriellejc says:
i know, i know...i just gotta remember to bring my canvas bags (or even previous used plastic bags) with me when i go to the store! i get so irritated when i'm about to check out and remember that i forgot my freakin' bags. ugh. but if they were banned then my mind would be wired differently, thus, i'd remember.
Posted March 02, 2008
No way, Monkeybrain!
MoreThanMommy says:
We use the plastic bags for trash. If we didn't get them when shopping, we'd have to buy them; we need bags either way. I like the incentive approach. Really, unless we're going to ban all plastic bags, it's silly to just ban those for shopping. Why should the government (or you) decide when it's ok to use a plastic bag and when it's not?
Posted September 22, 2008
FindYouLive says:
A bit of common sense is better than legislation. Just do your part. Personal responsibility has it's merits.
Posted September 21, 2008
KimGiancaterino says:
I think it's better to charge people for bags and reward people who do the right thing. Our Trader Joe's holds a weekly raffle for customers who bring in their own bags.
Posted August 04, 2008
JigsawForte says:
I like IKEA's solution: Charge for 'em! A monetary hit now is far more persuasive than an outright ban.
Posted June 30, 2008
spirituality says:
Banning is too drastic. Some people will forget to bring a bag. Charge a bit for them, or only give them out if people ask for them.
Posted April 20, 2008
stevecrenshaw says:
I have to agree with Oosquid because everything does not need to be banned. I have switched to paper but I am considering the canvas bags. I am a devout Christian and I am trying to get my friends to see this as a need. My grandmother used her own bags in the 1980's. I don't know why she just did.
Posted April 08, 2008
Oosquid says:
Why ban? Why does everything have to be banned? Ban smoking, ban this ban that.
Encouraging reuse of plastic bags makes sense but as paper bags are not offered as an alternative here (UK) I'd be snookered if I got to the checkout and forgotten to bring a bag with me, which is quite likely.
I use plastic supermarket bags for waste disposal, so they are not just used once.
Posted February 24, 2008
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JaguarJulie
I love your lens and the message for us to be more green -- I know our household needs to get better at plastic bags but they come in handy for all the cat litter from the ferals. Posted September 30, 2008 |
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Mortira
Thank you for this great lens! It's great to see someone spreading the word about the evils of waste! 5 stars! Posted September 16, 2008 |
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KimGiancaterino
I've got lots of 'em... the big IKEA bag holds a lot of stuff. And we collect all the different Trader Joe's styles. Squid Angel Blessed. Posted August 04, 2008 |
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RufusQuail
This lens is very well done. Ditto Kim's comment. Posted July 31, 2008 |
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aj2008
Great lens. I agree with everything you say & we already use reusable bags. Just wish the UK would follow Eire's lead and charge for everyone that people use. Posted July 17, 2008 |
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