Ok, I was just watching the news and they had a story on the fact that Loblaws line of stores will begin charging for plastic bags. No, not the reusable durable plastic bags. The plastic bags that are as flimsy as tissue paper. They will be charging 5 cents per bag.
This is of course to satiate environmental concerns, and not a money grab.
suuuuure.
There are a million ways that you can take the plastic out of the equation. Why not paper bags? Paper is natural, and is completly biodegradable. Ot can be made locally, and is not a burden on the oil supply. They would even be better than those reinforced plastic bags they are already selling us in a hopeless tug at our environmental heartstrings. Those bags end up in the environment too, it just takes a bit longer. Paper bags are a nar perfect fit
The same can be said for bottles. All this controversy over plastic water bottles. The plastic takes a billion and a half years to degrade, it goes into the ecosystem, the poor seals and pandas eat it and turn into atomic supermonsters that eat major Asian urban centres. What happened to glass bottles? Not made in china, not petroleum based, and reusable. ghasp!
It just annoys me sometimes.
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