04.30.07
Paper or Plastic
San Francisco recently became the first US city to ban the use of plastic bags by large supermarket and, eventually, chain pharmacies. These stores must now use bags that are compostable, containing no petroleum products, or recyclable. The San Francisco Department of the Environment estimates that 180 million plastic shopping bags are distributed yearly in SF, requiring a total of 774,000 gallons of oil. Per YEAR. Ireland is already doing this and has achieved a 90% reduction in plastic bags. The Boston city council is already talking about similar legislation.
Plastic bags, originally seen as a friendly alternative to paper, take up landfill space, get caught in tree branches and blow into waterways, harming marine life. Using cloth bags, of course, is the most environmentally friendly option. I use a Flintstones bag that I got as a promotion when I worked at a video store, but if you don’t have a bag around, there are numerous sources for sturdy cloth bags: myownbag.com, chicobag.com, ecobags.com and reusablebags.com.
Adela said,
May 8, 2007 at 5:52 am
Hi,
I like your blog. I was wondering if you would be interested in a link exchange blogroll, too.
Keep on the good work.
Adela
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June 1, 2007 at 5:50 am
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