Working in retail made me realize our dependency on plastic bags. It became prominent in the middle of our busiest season, Christmas, when we ran out of plastic bags for a week and a half.
8 out of 10 people completely freaked OUT (guess-timation-ally), and I thought of how minuscule a plastic bag is to me when I receive them with my purchase.
My car has SO many plastic bags filled with just a receipt, or just the wrapper of the product I purchased...and then what happens to them? I usually fill them with other trash and throw them away, which is only adding to the non-recyclable junk I throw into the landfill, all for the sake of keeping my trash contained. And THAT is also considered reusing this demon plastic bag, which is better use than some people even get out them.
I just can't stand for this anymore.
I cannot bare to hand over another stupid pencil in a plastic bag that will inevitably become a death trap for some unsuspecting animal.
SO, NO, you can't have a bag for your 5 inch string of beads. PUT IT IN YOUR PURSE. PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.
Spare the earth some change. In this blog, I'll tell you why you should, and how you can.
My car has SO many plastic bags filled with just a receipt, or just the wrapper of the product I purchased...and then what happens to them? I usually fill them with other trash and throw them away, which is only adding to the non-recyclable junk I throw into the landfill, all for the sake of keeping my trash contained. And THAT is also considered reusing this demon plastic bag, which is better use than some people even get out them.
I just can't stand for this anymore.
I cannot bare to hand over another stupid pencil in a plastic bag that will inevitably become a death trap for some unsuspecting animal.
SO, NO, you can't have a bag for your 5 inch string of beads. PUT IT IN YOUR PURSE. PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.
Spare the earth some change. In this blog, I'll tell you why you should, and how you can.
I really like this topic. Every time I see a plastic bag caught up in a tree I get angry. And I usually am pretty conscious of how many bags I use (though like I said, I can rationalize it away if I need to). I do have a bunch of reusable bags that I use, but I forget to bring them in sometimes (another cause of anger).
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good thing to make people more aware of, and something that people are pretty willing to buy into.